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This article is about the prehistoric echinoderm taxon. For the prehistoric fish taxon, see Cornuata.

Cornuta
Temporal range: Middle Cambrian – Ordovician [verification needed]
Reconstruction of the cornute Ponticulocarpus
Fossil of Cothurnocystis elizae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: †Stylophora
Order: †Cornuta
Jaekel, 1901
Families

Cornuta is an extinct order of echinoderms. Along with the mitrates, they form the Stylophora.

Their first (probable) representative is Ponticulocarpus from the Spence Shale (mid Cambrian);[1], Ordovician examples also exist.

References

  1. ^ https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-paleontology/article/abs/ponticulocarpus-a-new-cornutegrade-stylophoran-from-the-middle-cambrian-spence-shale-of-utah/FA9710BCB74ED37D3C91B9FAA39BB86D. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  • Mus, Monica Martí (April 2002). "The Ordovician cornute Flabellicystis rushtoni n. gen. n. sp. (Stylophora, Echinodermata) and its phylogenetic position within the group Cornuta". Paläontologische Zeitschrift. 76 (1): 99–116. doi:10.1007/BF02988189.
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