Biology:Cornuta
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Short description: Extinct order of marine invertebrates
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| Reconstruction of the cornute Corthurnocystis | |
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| Fossil of Cothurnocystis elizae | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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.
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. doi:10.1017/S0022336000040725. Bibcode: 1999JPal...73..886S. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-paleontology/article/abs/ponticulocarpus-a-new-cornutegrade-stylophoran-from-the-middle-cambrian-spence-shale-of-utah/FA9710BCB74ED37D3C91B9FAA39BB86D.
- 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.
External links
- Cornuta at fossilworks.org (retrieved 16 April 2016)
Wikidata ☰ Q21447200 entry
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