Heteromorphus
| Heteromorphus Temporal range: Cambrian Stage 3
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| Fossil of H. longicaudatus (=? H. confusus) in Yuxi Museum | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade?: | †Vetulicolia |
| Class: | †Banffozoa |
| Order: | †Banffiata |
| Family: | †Banffiidae |
| Genus: | †Heteromorphus Luo and Hu in Luo et al. 1999 |
| Type species | |
| †H. longicaudatus (=? †H. confusus) Luo and Hu in Luo et al. 1999
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Heteromorphus is an extinct genus of banffiid from the lower Cambrian Chengjiang lagerstatte. It contains one broadly accepted species, Heteromorphus confusus, as well as a proposed junior synonym, Heteromorphus longicaudatus that may prove to be a separate species as additional specimens are examined. A much smaller species labeled "Form A" is allied with Heteromorphus at the class level but has not been formally described or assigned to Heteromorphus itself.