Cornuta


Cornuta is an extinct order of echinoderms. Along with the mitrates, they form the Stylophora.
Their first representative is Ponticulocarpus from the Spence Shale ;, 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''