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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Class: | †Stylophora |
| Order: | †Cornuta Jaekel, 1901 |
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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.
Taxa
[edit]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
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ Domínguez Alonso, Patricio; Jefferies, Richard P. S.; Gil Cid, María Dolores (December 2002). "An annotated check-list of genera and species of carpoids". Coloquios de Palcontologia. 53: 33–68. ISSN 1132-1660.
- 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
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Data related to Cornuta at Wikispecies
Media related to Cornuta at Wikimedia Commons- Cornuta at fossilworks.org (retrieved 16 April 2016)
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