Cathaymyrus

Cathaymyrus Temporal range: Chengjiang PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
C. diadexus and Vetulocystis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Cephalochordata
Genus:	†Cathaymyrus Shu, Conway Morris & Zhang 1996
Species
†C. diadexus Shu, Conway Morris & Zhang 1996 †C. haikoensis Luo & Hu 2001

Cathaymyrus is a genus of Early Cambrian cephalochordate known from the Chengjiang locality in Yunnan Province, China. Both species have a long segmented body with no distinctive head. The segments resemble the v-shaped muscle blocks found in similar cephalochordates such as Amphioxus. A long linear impression runs along the "back" of the body looking something like a chordate . Cathaymyrus is related to Pikaia, another cephalochordate from the Burgess Shale.