The Nada Member (Borden Formation) of Kentucky: Cnidaria

by Don R. Chesnut (chesnut<at>uky.edu)
İDRC 2014




Phylum Cnidaria Hatschek, 1888

Class Anthozoa Ehrenberg, 1834

Subclass Rugosa Milne-Edwards and Haime, 1850

Order Stauriida Verrill, 1865

Suborder Metriophyllina Spasskiy, 1965

Family Cyathaxoniidae Milne-Edwards and Haime, 1850

Genus Cyathaxonia Michelin, 1847


Cyathaxonia sp.
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Suborder Stereolasmatina Hill, 1981

Family, Genus and Species undetermined

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Subclass Tabulata Milne-Edwards and Haime, 1850

Order Auloporida Sokolov, 1947

Superfamily Auloporicae Milne-Edwards and Haime, 1851


Family Pyrgiidae de Fromentel, 1861

Genus Cladochonus McCoy, 1847

Cladochonus sp.

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Order Favositida Wedekind, 1937

Suborder Favositia Edekind, 1937

Superfamily Pachyporicae Gerth, 1921

Family Pachyporidae Gerth, 1921


Pachyporid?
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Subphylum  Medusozoa Petersen, 1979

Class Scyphozoa Götte, 1887

Subclass Conulata

Order Conulariida Miller and Gurley, 1896

Suborder Conulariina Miller and Gurley, 1896

Family Conulariidae Walcott, 1886

Subfamily Conulariinae Walcott, 1886

Genus Conularia Sowerby,1821


Conularia sp.
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Subfamily Paraconulariinae Sinclair, 1852

Genus Paraconularia Sinclair, 1940


Paraconularia sp.
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