Here is a Silurian period cephalopod classified as Dawsonoceras annulatum.
It looks like a small part of its shell is left (the pinkish looking rock with the sine wave shapes in it). The rest of the fossil is just an imprint on a rock.
I found this specimen at KYANA fossil study and always like find this cephalopod fossil. More to come.
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
A Silurian Dawsonoceras annulatum
Labels:
cephalopod,
dawsonoceras,
silurian
Monday, September 29, 2008
Dalmanites limuluris Trilobite
Here is a picture of a Dalmanites limulurus trilobite from the Silurian period. It was embedded in Rochester shale.
The image was taken at a dealer tent at the Falls of the Ohio State Park located in Clarksville, Indiana during the Fossil Festival.
The image was taken at a dealer tent at the Falls of the Ohio State Park located in Clarksville, Indiana during the Fossil Festival.
Sunday, September 28, 2008
Flexicalymene retrorsa Trilobite
Here is a Flexicalymene retrorsa trilobite from the Upper Ordovician period.
This picture was taken at a dealer tent at the Fossil Festival located at the Falls of the Ohio State Park in Clarksville, Indiana.
This picture was taken at a dealer tent at the Fossil Festival located at the Falls of the Ohio State Park in Clarksville, Indiana.
Labels:
ordovician,
Trilobite
Chinese Bone Lip Sucker Fish Fossil
Here is another bone lip sucker fish fossil from the Eocene Period from Jianghan City in Hubei, China. Took picture of one for sale at the Fossil Festival at the Falls of the Ohio State Park located in Clarksville, Indiana.
Friday, September 26, 2008
Bone Lip Sucker Fish Fossil
Here is another fossil I saw for sale at the Fossil Festival held at the Falls of the Ohio State Park in Clarksville, Indiana.
The box was labeled Bone Lip Sucker Fish from the Eocene (50 million years ago). It came from Jianghan City in Hubei, China.
The box was labeled Bone Lip Sucker Fish from the Eocene (50 million years ago). It came from Jianghan City in Hubei, China.
Asaphiscus wheelerik Trilobite
Here is a Asaphiscus wheelerik trilobite I saw for sale at the Fossil Festival located at Falls of the Ohio State Park, Clarksville, Indiana.
It was priced at $35.
It was priced at $35.
Labels:
Trilobite
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Petrified Wood
Here is another sample of a fossil KYANA was selling to raise money for the education fund during the Fossil Festival at the Falls of the Ohio State Park.
The festival allowed us to raise money and also provide very low cost teaching aides to teachers and helped children and adults learn more about fossils from the world around us.
This fossil is of petrified wood from somewhere in Utah.
The festival allowed us to raise money and also provide very low cost teaching aides to teachers and helped children and adults learn more about fossils from the world around us.
This fossil is of petrified wood from somewhere in Utah.
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petrified wood
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Striatopora bellistriata Coral
Here is another picture I took with volunteering at the KYANA table during the Fossil Festival at the Falls of the Ohio State Park. It is a Striatopora bellistriata (Greene) classified as a tabulate coral from the Middle Devonian period. It was found at Cooper Lane Quarry in Clark County, Indiana.
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Cystiphylloides Coral
Here is a fossil that was donated by a KYANA member for use during the Fossil Festival at the Falls of the Ohio state park to raise money for the education fund.
The fossil is Cystiphylloides sp., a Middle Devonian coral from Speed Quarry in Sellersburg, Indiana.
The fossil is Cystiphylloides sp., a Middle Devonian coral from Speed Quarry in Sellersburg, Indiana.
Sunday, September 21, 2008
Cyclonema Gastropod (snail)
Here is a picture of a Cyclonema gastropod (snail) found in Trimble County, Kentucky during a KYANA (http://www.kyanageo.org/) field trip. It was found in an area where Ordovician fossils are found. It was found in May 2008.
Labels:
cyclonema,
gastropod,
ordovician,
trimble county kentucky
Saturday, September 20, 2008
Flexicalymene Trilobite Tail
Here is a possible Flexicalymene trilobite tail found in Trimble County, Kentucky. I think the rock I was looking in had Ordovician fossils in it.
There appears to be a piece of bryozoan in the rock as well.
There appears to be a piece of bryozoan in the rock as well.
Labels:
Flexicalymene,
ordovician,
Trilobite
Friday, September 19, 2008
Loxoplocus Gastropod (Snail)
Here is a Loxoplocus bowdeni gastropod from the Marble Hill Bed of the Rowland Member of the Drakes Formation (equivalent the Whitewater Formation in Indiana) in Trimble County, Kentucky, USA. It was found during a KYANA field trip in May 2008. It is about 4 cm in length. Also the genus is now known as Paupospira.
Fossil dates to the Ordovician Period Katian (Richmondian) Stage.
Fossil dates to the Ordovician Period Katian (Richmondian) Stage.
Labels:
drakes Formation,
gastropod,
katian,
Kentucky,
loxoplocus,
Marble Hill Bed,
ordovician,
richmondian
Falls of the Ohio State Park
The Falls of the Ohio Indiana State Park in Clarksville, Indiana is a GREAT place to visit if you are in the Louisville, Kentucky area. I think it costs maybe $3 for admission to the visitor center and they have some neat displays about natural history of the surrounding area.
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Trimerus delphinocephalus
Here are some more images of an Trimerus delphinocephalus (Green, 1832) trilobite shown at the last KYANA Geological Society (http://www.kyanageo.org/) meeting. A rare find to have one this large and be intact to this extent. It was found in Clark County, Indiana in the Waldron Shale.
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Trimerus Trilobite
At the KYANA held on this day, the president Mary Ann brought in a trilobite from the Sellersburg Quarry in Indiana. It looks to me to be an Trimerus delphinocephalus and I am guessing it is from the Silurian period. She was a little fuzzy on the details but thinks she found it in the parking lot and may have kicked it which broke off the section seen on the back right side in this first picture. A very nice find for this area!
Monday, September 15, 2008
More Magnified Bryozoan Pictures
Another bryozoan colony that has been magnified 10, 60, and 200 times. It is from the Ordovician period and has more of a stem than a spherical shape.
Labels:
bryozoan,
ordovician
Sunday, September 14, 2008
Bryozoan Colony Magnified
Here are three pictures of bryozoan colony magnified 10 , 60, and 200 times.
Probably collected at an Ordovician site. An Intel QX4 microscope was used to take these images.
Probably collected at an Ordovician site. An Intel QX4 microscope was used to take these images.
Labels:
bryozoan,
ordovician
Saturday, September 13, 2008
Devonian Brachiopod from Clark County Indiana
This brachiopod was found in southern Clark County about 1 mile from Ohio River in Jeffersonville, Indiana in 2004. Washed out of yard after rain storm in subdivision off of Middle Road.
Labels:
brachiopod,
devonian
Friday, September 12, 2008
Devonian Brachiopod from Jeffersonville, Indiana
Labels:
brachiopod,
devonian
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Devonian Trilobite
Here is a trilobite tail piece embedded into a rock found in Jeffersonville, Indiana off Middle Road in 2004. It is probably a Phacops rana. Since they seem pretty common in that area.
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Devonian Brachiopods
Found these in 2004 in my yard in a subdivision off Middle Road in Jeffersonville, Indiana.
They seemed to wash out of the ground after a hard rain shower.
They seemed to wash out of the ground after a hard rain shower.
Labels:
brachiopod,
devonian
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
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Saturday, September 6, 2008
Crinoid Image on Kentucky International Convention Center
Here is a picture of a crinoid image on the floor of the Kentucky International Convention Center. As you can see the images are starting to wear off after all these years of being walked on.
Friday, September 5, 2008
Thursday, September 4, 2008
Spiny Snail on the Floor
While waiting for volunteer orientation for IdeaFestival (www.ideafestival.com) at the Kentucky International Convention Center in Louisville, Kentucky, I was studying the images on the floor in the lobby. I took some pictures of the fossil images.
The images are wearing off floor but the artists were symbolizing the Falls of the Ohio. This picture is showing three snails. They also have images of trilobites, corals, sponges, and bryozoans.
The images are wearing off floor but the artists were symbolizing the Falls of the Ohio. This picture is showing three snails. They also have images of trilobites, corals, sponges, and bryozoans.
Snail Platyceras dumosum
Here is the view of the rock shown in yesterday's entry but it is the bottom side.
It is neat the at fossil came through the bottom of the rock and it has spines underneath.
Again, this gastropod is from the Devonian Period Jeffersonville Limestone and appears to be Platyceras dumosum (Conrad, 1840).
It is neat the at fossil came through the bottom of the rock and it has spines underneath.
Again, this gastropod is from the Devonian Period Jeffersonville Limestone and appears to be Platyceras dumosum (Conrad, 1840).
Labels:
devonian,
gastropod,
platyceras
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
Platyceras dumosum
Here is another picture of gastropod specimen posted earlier. It is from a different vantage point. My cousin found it in the Jeffersonville Limestone of Clark County, Indiana USA and has been slowly extracting it with a sand blaster.
It appears to be a Devonian Period snail (gastropod) called Platyceras dumosum (Conrad, 1840).
It appears to be a Devonian Period snail (gastropod) called Platyceras dumosum (Conrad, 1840).
Labels:
devonian,
gastropod,
platyceras
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Brachiopod Paraspirifer acuminatus in Louisville Kentucky
Here is a brachiopod found at the Louisville Science Center.
It is a Devonian period brachiopod and was labeled Paraspirifer acuminatus.
It is a Devonian period brachiopod and was labeled Paraspirifer acuminatus.
Labels:
brachiopod,
devonian,
louisville science center
Favosites epidermata Coral
Here is a Devonian coral found at a display in the Louisville Science Center located in Louisville, Kentucky. It is nice they have some of this coral because the Falls of the Ohio State Park located across the Ohio River has a lot of it.
The display identified this as Favosites (Emmonsia) epidermata.
The display identified this as Favosites (Emmonsia) epidermata.
Labels:
chain coral,
devonian,
louisville science center
Monday, September 1, 2008
Brachiopod Mucrospirifer mucronatus
Here is a brachiopod labeled Mucrospirifer mucronatus from the Devonian period.
This specimen can be found at the Louisville Science Center (www.louisvillescience.org).
This specimen can be found at the Louisville Science Center (www.louisvillescience.org).
Labels:
brachiopod,
devonian,
louisville science center
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