Tiernavia

Tiernavia; Temporal range: Cambrian Series 2 PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Cnidaria (?)
Genus:	†Tiernavia
Species:	†T. tiernae
Binomial name
	†Tiernavia tiernae; Fedonkin in Fedonkin Liñán and Perejón,1985

Tiernavia is a monospecific genus of probable metazoan interpreted as a coelenterate (or even a cnidarian). It is known from the Cambrian (Ovetian, Lower Cambrian), and is preserved as casts in the Torreárboles Formation in the Sierra de Córdoba, Spain.^[1]

References

^ Gámez Vintaned, José Antonio; Liñán, Eladio; Mayoral, Eduardo; Dies, María Eugenia; Gozalo, Rodolfo; Muñiz, Fernando (2006). "Trace and soft body fossils from the Pedroche Formation (Ovetian, Lower Cambrian of the Sierra de Córdoba, S Spain) and their relation to the Pedroche event" (PDF). Geobios. 39 (4): 443. doi:10.1016/j.geobios.2005.04.004.

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[1] Gámez Vintaned, José Antonio; Liñán, Eladio; Mayoral, Eduardo; Dies, María Eugenia; Gozalo, Rodolfo; Muñiz, Fernando (2006). "Trace and soft body fossils from the Pedroche Formation (Ovetian, Lower Cambrian of the Sierra de Córdoba, S Spain) and their relation to the Pedroche event" (PDF). Geobios. 39 (4): 443. doi:10.1016/j.geobios.2005.04.004.

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