Cornuta Explained

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

• Mus. Monica Martí. The Ordovician cornute Flabellicystis rushtoni n. gen. n. sp. (Stylophora, Echinodermata) and its phylogenetic position within the group Cornuta. Paläontologische Zeitschrift. April 2002. 76. 1. 99–116. 10.1007/BF02988189. 129282077 .

External links

• • • Cornuta at fossilworks.org (retrieved 16 April 2016)

Notes and References

1. Ponticulocarpus, a new cornute-grade stylophoran from the Middle Cambrian Spence Shale of Utah. 10.1017/S0022336000040725. 1999. Sumrall. Colin D.. Sprinkle. James. Journal of Paleontology. 73. 5. 886–891. 1999JPal...73..886S. 132521457.