Cornute

Cornuta

Cornuta

Extinct order of marine invertebrates

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

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

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

References

  1. [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.
  • 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. S2CID 129282077.


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