Elrathia kingii Trilobite

This fossil be found at the Bellarmine University Geoscience Collection located in Louisville, Kentucky. It is  a Elrathia kingii trilobite fossil. This creature existed in the Cambrian Period. The specimen is about 4 cm long.

Eurypterus Sea Scorpion Fossil Replica

This fossil replica can be found at the Bellarmine University Geoscience Collection located in Louisville, Kentucky. It is a fossil replica of a Eurypterus sea scorpion. This creature existed in the Silurian Period.

Stylemys nebrascensis Tortoise Fossil

Here is an interesting fossil that resides in the Bellarmine University Geoscience Collection located in Louisville, Kentucky. It is a tortoise shell fossil found in the Brules Formation of Nebraska. The fossil appears to be from the Stylemys nebrascensis. The creature roamed the Earth during the Oligocene Epoch (about 30 million years ago.

Learn more about this type of fossil at the University of Colorado Boulder Museum of Natural History web site.

Unidentified Waldron Shale Cystoid Fossil

This posting shows a series of images of a brownish fossil found in the Waldron Shale of Clark County, Indiana, USA. At first I thought it might me some sort of crushed crinoid calyx but my cousin suggested it might be some sort of cystoid fossil. It could be similar to the Holocystites found in the Silurian aged Osgood Formation limestone. See Kentucky Paleontology Society web site page on some of these fossils.

Agaricrinites wortheni

Here is a picture of a fossil that appears to be an Agaricrinites wortheni crinoid plate. It was found in the Harrodsburg Limestone of Floyd County, Indiana USA. The fossil dates to the Mississippian Period.

Thanks to Kenny for the picture.

Uperocrinus nashvillae Crinoid Pieces

Here are some pictures of some fossil pieces that appear to be an Uperocrinus nashvillae crinoid. They were found in the Harrodsburg Limestone of Floyd County, Indiana USA. The fossils date to the Mississippian Period.

Thanks to Kenny for the pictures.

Platycrinites saffordi Crinoid Plate

Here is a picture of a fossil that appears to be a Platycrinites saffordi crinoid plate. It was found in the Harrodsburg Limestone of Floyd County, Indiana USA. The fossil dates to the Mississippian Period.

Thanks to Kenny for the picture.

Batocrinus Crinoid Calyx

Here are some pictures of a fossil that appears to be a Batocrinus wachsmuthi crinoid calyx. It was found in the Harrodsburg Limestone of Floyd County, Indiana USA. The fossil dates to the Mississippian Period.

Thanks to Kenny for the pictures.

Bickmorites Nautiloid Fossil

This fossil appears to be a Bickmorites bickmoreanum nautiloid. It was found in the Silurian aged Louisville Limestone layer of Jefferson County, Kentucky, USA. Cephalopod fossils like this are pretty rate to find in the Louisville area.

Thanks to Kenny for letting me take pictures of it. Note some images have been darken in Photoshop to allow better contrast of chamber lines in fossil. Also fossil has been coated with sealer giving it a wet look.

Here is a link to a picture of one at Yale found in Indiana: http://www.yale.edu/ypmip/taxon/ceph/19158.html