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
- ^ 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.
External links
Data related to Cornuta at Wikispecies
Media related to Cornuta at Wikimedia Commons- Cornuta at fossilworks.org (retrieved 16 April 2016)
