Tannuolina information

Tannuolina
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Order:	†"Tommotiida"
Family:	†Tannuolinidae
Genus:	†Tannuolina; Fonin & Smirnova, 1967
Type species
	Tannuolina multifora; Fonin & Smirnova, 1967
Species
	T. fonini; T. maroccana; T. multifora; T. pavlovi; T. zhangwentangi;

Tannuolina is a genus of tommotiid, belonging to the brachiopod stem lineage.

Its phosphatic shells exhibit a complex series of open pores/chambers/channels in outer shell layer.^[1]^[2] It is conventionally interpreted as an essentially bivalved organism, similar to Micrina, though some use the unequal ratio of stellate to mitrate sclerites to argue for a halkieriid-like anatomy.^[3]

More recently a tube-like construction inspired by Eccentrotheca has been proposed.^[4]

^ Kouchinsky, A., Bengtson, S. & Murdock, D. J. E. A new tannuolinid problematic from the lower Cambrian of the Sukharikha River in northern Siberia. Acta Pal. Pol. 55, 321–331 (2010).
^ Skovsted, C. B. Small shelly fauna from the upper Lower Cambrian Bastion and Ella Island Formations, north-east Greenland. J. Paleontol. 80, 1087–1112 (2006).
^ Li, G.-X. & Xiao, S.-H. Tannuolina and Micrina (Tannuolinidae) from the Lower Cambrian of Eastern Yunnan, South China, and Their Scleritome Reconstruction. J. Paleontol. 78(5), 900–913 (2004). doi:10.1666/0022-3360(2004)078<0900:TAMTFT>2.0.CO;2 JSTOR 4094916
^ Skovsted, C. B., S. Clausen, J. J. Álvaro, and D. Ponlevé. 2014: Tommotiids from the early Cambrian (Series 2, Stage 3) of Morocco and the evolution of the tannuolinid scleritome and setigerous shell structures in stem group brachiopods. Palaeontology 57:171–192. doi:10.1111/pala.12060

[Kouchinsky2010-1] Kouchinsky, A., Bengtson, S. & Murdock, D. J. E. A new tannuolinid problematic from the lower Cambrian of the Sukharikha River in northern Siberia. Acta Pal. Pol. 55, 321–331 (2010).

[2] Skovsted, C. B. Small shelly fauna from the upper Lower Cambrian Bastion and Ella Island Formations, north-east Greenland. J. Paleontol. 80, 1087–1112 (2006).

[3] Li, G.-X. & Xiao, S.-H. Tannuolina and Micrina (Tannuolinidae) from the Lower Cambrian of Eastern Yunnan, South China, and Their Scleritome Reconstruction. J. Paleontol. 78(5), 900–913 (2004). doi:10.1666/0022-3360(2004)078<0900:TAMTFT>2.0.CO;2 JSTOR 4094916

[Skovsted2014-4] Skovsted, C. B., S. Clausen, J. J. Álvaro, and D. Ponlevé. 2014: Tommotiids from the early Cambrian (Series 2, Stage 3) of Morocco and the evolution of the tannuolinid scleritome and setigerous shell structures in stem group brachiopods. Palaeontology 57:171–192. doi:10.1111/pala.12060