| Cornulites Temporal range:
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| Cornulites cellulosus from Wenlock of Saaremaa, Estonia. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Class: | †Tentaculita |
| Order: | †Cornulitida |
| Family: | †Cornulitidae |
| Genus: | †Cornulites Schlotheim, 1820 |
Cornulites is a genus of cornulitid tubeworms. Their shells have vesicular wall structure, and are both externally and internally annulated. They usually occur as encrusters on various shelly fossils. Their fossils are known from the Middle Ordovician to the Carboniferous.1234
Species
- Cornulites cancellatus
- Cornulites cellulosus
- Cornulites concavus
- Cornulites gremialis
- Cornulites levigatus
- Cornulites mainensis
- Cornulites rosehillensis
- Cornulites scalariformis
- Cornulites semiapertus
- Cornulites serpularius (type)
- Cornulites stromatoporoides
- Cornulites subdistans
- Cornulites youngi
References
References
- Vinn, O. (2010). "Adaptive strategies in the evolution of encrusting tentaculitoid tubeworms". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 292 (1–2): 211–221. Bibcode:2010PPP...292..211V. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.03.046.
- Vinn, O.; Mutvei, H. (2009). "Calcareous tubeworms of the Phanerozoic" (PDF). Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences. 58 (4): 286–296. doi:10.3176/earth.2009.4.07. Retrieved 2012-09-16.
- Vinn, O (2013). "Cornulitid tubeworms from the Ordovician of eastern Baltic". Carnets de Géologie: 131–138. doi:10.4267/2042/51214. Archived from the original on 2013-09-06. Retrieved 2013-07-25.
- Vinn, O; Wilson, M.A. (2013). "Silurian cornulitids of Estonia (Baltica)". Carnets de Géologie: 357–368. doi:10.4267/2042/53034. Archived from the original on 2013-12-27. Retrieved 2013-12-27.