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 Amygdalotheca Ampelocarpus Arauricystis Archaeocothurnus Babinocystis Beryllia Bohemiaecystis Ceratocystis Chauvelicystis Cothurnocystis Domfrontia Drepanocarpos Flabellicystis Galliaecystis Hanusia Juliaecarpus Lobocarpus Lyricocarpus Milonicystis Nanocarpus Nevadaecystis Phyllocystis Ponticulocarpus Prochauvelicystis Procothurnocystis Progalliacystis Prokopicystis Proscotiaecystis Protocystites Reticulocarpos Scotiaecystis Thoralicystis Trigonocarpus
See also Cothurnocystidae
References
External links
Cornuta at fossilworks.org (retrieved 16 April 2016)