Cothurnocystidae is an extinct family of
stylophoran
echinoderm
An echinoderm () is any member of the phylum Echinodermata (). The adults are recognisable by their (usually five-point) radial symmetry, and include starfish, brittle stars, sea urchins, sand dollars, and sea cucumbers, as well as the s ...
s in the order
Cornuta
Cornuta is an extinct order of echinoderms. Along with the mitrates, they form one half of the Stylophora
The stylophorans are an extinct, possibly polyphyletic group allied to the Paleozoic Era echinoderms, comprising the prehistoric co ...
.
References
External links
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Cothurnocystidae at fossilworks.org(retrieved 16 April 2016)
Homalozoa
Prehistoric echinoderm families
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