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Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Ordovician Brachiopod (Platystrophia?)

Here is an Ordovician period brachiopod found in eastern Jefferson County, Kentucky. It is possible it is a Platystrophia




3 comments:

  1. Definately a Platystrophia. If it's big then it's probably Platystrophia Ponderosa. Otherwise maybe a Playstrophia Clarkvillensis? Too many species and too little documentation at hand. :(

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  2. would you like to tell me that how old these are i have some kind of these things.

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  3. The Ordovician Period is dated to approximately 490 to 443 million years ago. So the fossils are quite OLD! The oldest fossils I know of are over 2 billion years ago (search for Kona Dolomite in Google).

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