Blastoid Granatocrinus from Iowa

Here are some images of the blastoid fossils from Iowa. They are from the Mississippian or Carboniferous Period. These first two pictures are of the Granatocrinus norwoodi. These specimens can be found on display in Paris, France at Muséum National D'Historie Naturelle Jardin Des Plantes Paléontologie et Anatomie Comparée.

This last image is of the Granatocrinus melo.

French Conularia pyramidata

The following are pictures taken at the Muséum National D'Historie Naturelle Jardin Des Plantes Paléontologie et Anatomie Comparée in Paris, France. They are Conularia from the Silurian and Ordovician Periods. This is interesting for me since the common Conularia fossil finds in the Louisville area are from the Carboniferous Period.

The first two are Conularia pyramidata found in France, I think from somewhere in Normandy. They are from the Silurian Period.

This next Conularia of unknown species comes from New Holland according to the label.

This last image of four fossils are of Ordovician Period Conularia anomala from Czechoslovakia.

Here is a poster that was in the museum describing Conulaires (Conulariida?). I have yet to translate it. The image of the little stalks with beads at the end protruding from the top of the Conularia is interesting.

Calymene niagarensis Trilobite

These images are of specimens on display in the invertebrate fossil section of Muséum National D'Historie Naturelle Jardin Des Plantes Paléontologie et Anatomie Comparée in Paris, France.

I was attracted to these fossils since they came from Ohio which has similar fossils to those found around the Louisville, Kentucky area. It is neat that they have the same species of trilobite from both the Silurian and Ordovician Periods. The trilobite shown is the Calymene niagarensis.

This last image is blurry but I decided to include it since it shows another species of trilobite from Ohio on display at the museum. This one is an Ordovician Period Flexicalymene senaria.