Herpetogaster

Herpetogaster
Temporal range: Early to mid Cambrian:
Specimens and diagram
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Stem group: Ambulacraria
Clade: Cambroernida
Genus: Herpetogaster
Caron et al., 2010
Type species
H. collinsi
Caron et al., 2010
Species
  • H. collinsi Caron et al., 2010
  • H. haiyanensis Yang et al., 2020

Herpetogaster is an extinct cambroernid genus of animal from the Early Cambrian Chengjiang biota of China, Blang Formation of China, Pioche Formation of Nevada and Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale of Canada containing the species Herpetogaster collinsi and Herpetogaster haiyanensis.