Yunnanozoon
| Yunnanozoon Temporal range: Terreneuvian, | |
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| Fossil of Yunnanozoon lividum | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Family: | †Yunnanozoonidae Dzik, 1995 |
| Genus: | †Yunnanozoon Hou, Ramskold & Bergstrom, 1991 |
| Species: | †Y. lividum |
| Binomial name | |
| †Yunnanozoon lividum Hou, Ramskold & Bergstrom, 1991 | |
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Yunnanozoon lividum (Yunnan + Greek ζῷον zôion (animal), with species name Latin lividum; (lead-coloured), referring to preserved colour of specimens) is an extinct species of bilaterian animal from the Lower Cambrian Chengjiang biota of Yunnan province, China. Its affinities have been long the subject of controversy.