Cristozoa
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Cristozoa |
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Cristozoa (also known as crest animals) is a grouping of animals possessing a neural crest and derivatives.[1]
It includes all the Craniata, as well as their immediate precraniate precursors. The precraniate crest animals, such Haikouella and Yunnanozoon, are all extinct and found only in Early Cambrian strata of Yunnan (southwestern China).[1][2]This group is now considered to be paraphyletic as new studies indicate that Yunnanozoon occupies a basal position of all chordates.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Chen, J. ‐Y. (2008). "Early crest animals and the insight they provide into the evolutionary origin of craniates". Genesis. 46 (11): 623–639. doi:10.1002/dvg.20445. PMID 19003927.
- ^ Chen (2009). "The sudden appearance of diverse animal body plansduring the Cambrian explosion". The International Journal of Developmental Biology. 53 (5–6): 733–751. doi:10.1387/ijdb.072513cj. PMID 19557680.
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