Cornuta
Extinct order of marine invertebrates
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Cornuta is an extinct order of echinoderms. Along with the mitrates, they form the Stylophora.
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| Reconstruction of the cornute Cothurnocystis | |
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| Fossil of Cothurnocystis elizae | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Class: | †Stylophora |
| Order: | †Cornuta Jaekel, 1901 |
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Their first (probable) representative is Ponticulocarpus from the Spence Shale (mid Cambrian);,[1] Ordovician examples also exist.
Taxa
As of 2002, the following taxa were recognized as being included in the order Cornuta:[2]
- Acuticarpus Sumrall, Sprinkle & Guensburg, 1997
- Amygdalotheca Ubaghs, 1969
- Ampelocarpus Lefebvre & Vizcaïno, 1999
- Arauricystis Lefebvre & Vizcaïno, 1999
- Archaeocothurnus Sumrall, Sprinkle & Guensburg, 1997
- Babinocystis Rozhnov, 1990
- Beryllia Cripps & Daley, 1994
- Bohemiaecystis Caster, 1967
- Ceratocystis Jaekel, 1901
- Chauvelicystis Ubaghs, 1969
- Cothurnocystis Bather, 1913
- Domfrontia Cripps & Daley, 1994
- Drepanocarpos Smith & Jell, 1999
- Flabellicystis Martí Mus, 2002
- Galliaecystis Ubaghs, 1969
- Hanusia Cripps, 1989
- Juliaecarpus Ruta, 1999
- Lobocarpus Ubaghs, 1998
- Lyricocarpus Ubaghs, 1994
- Milonicystis Chauvel, 1986
- Nanocarpus Ubaghs, 1991
- Nevadaecystis Ubaghs, 1967
- Phyllocystis Thoral, 1935
- Ponticulocarpus Sumrall & Sprinkle, 1999
- Prochauvelicystis Daley, 1992
- Procothurnocystis Woods & Jefferies, 1992
- Progalliacystis Cripps, 1989
- Prokopicystis Cripps, 1989
- Proscotiaecystis Ubaghs, 1994
- Protocystites Hicks, 1872
- Reticulocarpos Jefferies & Prokop, 1972
- Scotiaecystis Caster & Ubaghs, 1967
- Thoralicystis Chauvel, 1971
- Trigonocarpus Ubaghs, 1994
