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Sunday, May 31, 2026

Drymopora auloporoidea Coral Fossil

 


This fossil appears to be a Drymopora auloporoidea (Davis, 1885). It was found in the Devonian Period layer of Jefferson County, Kentucky, USA. The fossil was from the collection of James Conkin.

First named in the 1885 publication Kentucky Fossil Corals A Monograh of the Fossil Corals of the Silurian and Devonian Rocks of Kentucky by William J. Davis.


 

Saturday, May 30, 2026

Productid Brachiopod Fossil

 


This brachiopod Productid was part of the James Conkin collection. It was found in Larue County, Kentucky, USA in the St. Louis Formation. 

The label might not be quite right as it looks like something that might be from the New Albany Shale.