Cathaymyrus

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iCathaymyrus

Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Cephalochordata
Genus:	Cathaymyrus

Species

C. diadexus
C. haikoensis

Cathaymyrus was a cephalochordate that lived in China. It had a long body with no distinctive head. It is 10 million years older than it's Canadian relative, Pikaia. Some paleontologists believe that the vertebrates evolved from Cathaymyrus. [1]