Cornuta

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 Cothurnocystis
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.

  1. ^ Sumrall, Colin D.; Sprinkle, James (1999). "Ponticulocarpus, a new cornute-grade stylophoran from the Middle Cambrian Spence Shale of Utah". Journal of Paleontology. 73 (5): 886–891. Bibcode:1999JPal...73..886S. doi:10.1017/S0022336000040725. S2CID 132521457.