Devonian Colonial Coral Favosites

Here is one of the best pieces I have ever found in Louisville, Kentucky. It is a large chunk of coral that measures about 11 cm long, 10 cm high, and 9 cm wide. It has lots of facets so I will have to post images of its other sides later.

This first picture looks like a honeycomb. The rock is mostly whitish-gray but has reddish-brown clay stains that I might try to remove with iron out.

This coral is called Favosites and is from the Devonian period.



A close up view of some of the Favosites cells. There is not much evidence of septa or spines.

View of the vertical columns of coralites.

Devonian Gastropod: Turbinopsis shumardi

My cousin has been finding Devonian snails called Turbinopsis shumardi in the Louisville, Kentucky area. This one is about 10 cm wide. It was found in the Jeffersonville Limestone.

This is a mold or cast of the gastropod's shell.

New Fossils Added to KYANA Mississippian Section

I have added some new fossils to the KYANA Geological Society website Mississippian fossil area. The fossils were found throughout Kentucky.

Brachiopod: Punctospirifer depressus

Trilobite: Phillibole sp.

Gastropod: Bellerophon sp., Mourlonia sp.

Crinoid: Batocrinus sp., Batocrinus icosadactylus, Cactocrinus sp., Dizygocrinus indianaensis, Paradichocrinus sp., Teleocrinus umbrosus, Uperocrinus pyriformis

Blastoid: Pentremites godoni, Pentremites pulchellus, Pentremites pyriformes

Other: Lingula sp.

Find them at this webpage: http://www.kyanageo.org/mississippian.html