The Sloans Valley Member (Paragon Formation) of Kentucky: Vertebrata

by Don R. Chesnut (chesnut<at>uky.edu)
©DRC 2014
 
The following fossils were collected from the Slade Formation and Sloans Valley Member collectively.

Phylum Chordata Haeckel, 1874

Subphylum Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812

microicthyoliths from Chondrichthyes and Osteichthyes
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Class Chondrichthyes Huxley, 1880
[most of the following are form genera and species.]

Subclass Elasmobranchii Bonaparte, 1838

Infraclass Cladoselachimorpha author?, date?

Order Cladoselachiformes author?, date?


Cladodus form-genus form-ssp.
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Infraclass Euselachii (Hay, 1902)

Order Ctenacanthiformes author?, date?


Ctenacanthus form-genus form-sp.
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Acondylacanthus form-genus sp.
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incertae sedis

Lophodus/Agassizodus form genus
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Orodus/Hybodus form genus
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Subclass Holocephali (Bonaparte, 1832-41)

calcified cartilage from cranium or mandible
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Order Petalodontiformes Zangerl, 1981

Family Petalodontida (Zangerl, 1981)


Chomatodus chesterensis St. John andWorthen, 1875
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Chomatodus sp.
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Petalodus acuminatus (Agassiz, 1838)
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Polyrhizodus sp.
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Order Bradyodonta (Woodward, 1821)
[These are largely form genera and species.]

Copodus pusillus St. John and Worthen, 1883
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Psammodus form-genus sp.
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Deltodus/Psephodus/Sandalodus form genera
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incertae sedis

Petrodus sp. (skin denticle probably found on many genera in several classes)
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