Cornuta

Cornuta is an extinct order of echinoderms. Along with the mitrates, they form the Stylophora.

Cornuta
Temporal range:
Reconstruction of the cornute Corthurnocystis
Fossil of Cothurnocystis elizae
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Stylophora
Order: Cornuta
Jaekel, 1901
Families

Their first (probable) representative is Ponticulocarpus from the Spence Shale (mid Cambrian);, Ordovician examples also exist.

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