Talk:Tommotia

Classification of Tommotia
Does anyone know what phylum researchers place Tommotia in now? Palaeos says that it's in "Order Mitrosagophora," but, says that it's considered a "procoelomate." --Mr Fink (talk) 21:48, 28 June 2008 (UTC)


 * The Paleobiology Database puts it in phylum "Problematica", a formal way of saying "unknown". The Vinther et al. paper cited in this article cites references suggesting Tommotia and its kin may be stem brachiopods, but that doesn't seem to be a settled conclusion. Cephal-odd (talk) 01:31, 29 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Weird, Simon Conway proposed a link between the halkieriids and brachiopods, while Palaeos talks about a link between the tommotians and halkieriids.--Mr Fink (talk) 04:43, 29 June 2008 (UTC)

As For the Old Version
Should we still post the old/erroneous reconstruction to show what they used to think what it was?--Mr Fink (talk) 04:16, 3 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Tommotia has been portrayed as an early cephalopod in books before, so I say keep the old picture because it represents that historic interpretation. Cephal-odd (talk) 00:19, 4 July 2008 (UTC)