Eridophyllum Coral

Recently found Eridophyllum coral from the Middle Devonian Period. Extracted from Jeffersonville Limestone in Louisville, Kentucky.

Recent Kentucky Coral Finds

This first two images of some sort of Pleurodictyum coral from the Jeffersonville Limestone found in Louisville, Kentucky. It is from the Devonian Period. From a recent expedition, I picked out of few corals that are more rare finds. I did not try to determine the species.

This next coral is of a Cladopora or Coenites coral from the Louisville Limestone of the Silurian Period.

This last one is some sort of Syringopora coral from the Devonian Period Jeffersonville Limestone.

Australian Plant Fossils

Here are some plant fossils that are on display at the Falls of the Ohio State Park in Clarksville, Indiana (right across the Ohio River from Louisville, Kentucky). The seed plant leaf Dicroidium acutifolium from the Middle Triassic Period. It was found in Dinmore, Queensland, Australia.

A seed plant leaf fossil called Dicroidium odontopteroides from the Late Triassic Period. It is from Dinmore, Queensland, Australia.

Seed plant leaves fossil call Glossopteris sp. found in the Illawarra Coal Measures. It is from the Late Permian Period. The fossil was found in Dunedoo, New South Wales, Australia.