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Cornuta ✝
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| Rank | order (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Stylophora : Cornuta | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 69 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 513 - 505 Ma Cambrian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 456 - 446 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine (based on Echinodermata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | facultatively mobile (based on Cornuta) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | blind (based on Stylophora) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | suspension feeder (based on Cornuta) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Reproduction | dispersal=water,planktonic (based on Echinodermata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ontogeny | accretion,addition of parts (based on Echinodermata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | high Mg calcite (based on Echinodermata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Amygdalothecida ✝ suborder | listed (PBDB) | 4 | 479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | 456 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |
| Cothurnocystida ✝ suborder | listed (PBDB) | 25 | 513 Ma Cambrian | 456 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |
| Ceratocystidae ✝ family | listed (PBDB) | 21 | 513 Ma Cambrian | 513 Ma Cambrian | |
| Phyllocystidae ✝ family | listed (PBDB) | 4 | 499 Ma Cambrian | 478 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | |
| Amygdalotheca ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 478 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | 478 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | |
| Arauricystis ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Babinocystis ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Bohemiaecystis ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | |
| Chauvelia ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Cothurnocystisbifida ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Galliaecystis ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 485 Ma Cambrian | 478 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | |
| Nevadaecystis ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 499 Ma Cambrian | 499 Ma Cambrian | |
| Procothurnocystis ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Protocystites ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 513 Ma Cambrian | 513 Ma Cambrian |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1901 | Cornuta Jaekel |
| 1994 | Cornuta Ubaghs p. 110 |
| 1999 | Cornuta Lefebvre and Vizcaino p. 439 |
| 1999 | Cornuta Sumrall and Sprinkle p. 888 |
| 1999 | Cornuta Ubaghs p. 811 |
| 2001 | Cornuta Lefebvre p. 622 |
| 2002 | Cornuta Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2006 | Cornuta Lee et al. p. 1073 |
| 2009 | Cornuta Sumrall et al. p. 308 |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
