| Dinomischus Temporal range:
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| The holotype of Dinomischus isolatus collected by Walcott | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Ctenophora |
| Stem group: | †Dinomischidae |
| Genus: | †Dinomischus Conway Morris, 1977 |
| Type species | |
| †Dinomischus isolatus Conway Morris, 1977
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| Other species | |
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†D. venustus Peng et al., 2006 | |
Dinomischus is an extinct genus of stalked filter-feeding animals within the Cambrian period, with specimens known from the Burgess Shale and the Maotianshan Shales. While long of uncertain affinities, recent studies have suggested it to be a stem-group ctenophore.