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); Ordovician examples also exist.

Taxa

As of 2002, the following taxa were recognized as being included in the order Cornuta:

  • 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

  • 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:. S2CID .

External links

  • Data related to Cornuta at Wikispecies
  • Media related to Cornuta at Wikimedia Commons
  • (retrieved 16 April 2016)