Kope Formation Crinoid Calyx

Finally I have found an Ordovician Period crinoid calyx.  This calyx is from the Kope Formation of Carroll County, Kentucky.  I am not sure on its identification, the Dry Dredgers of Cincinnati, Ohio have a good guide on Ordovician crinoids.  Their site shows a number of fossils that look like it found in the Kope: Cincinnaticrinus varibrachialus, Merocrinus, and Ectenocrinus simplex.

 

  

  

  

 Crinoid calyx and stem still in matrix.  Hopefully, some prep work will reveal much more of this fossil covered by rock matrix.

  

  

 

Egyptian Sea Urchin Fossils

Echinoderm fossils found in Egypt and now on display at the Natural History Museum in Paris, France. This first fossil image is of the Lutetiaster cavernosus from the Lower Eocene Period.

This second picture is of the Lower Eocene Period sea urchin, Megaoneustes grandis found in Egypt.

Favosites Corals - France

Favosites (Lamarck, 1816) corals on display at the Natural History Museum in Paris, France.

This first fossil picture is of a Devonian Period colonial coral called Favosites goldfussi (Lecompte, 1939).

This second coral is Favosites gothlandica (Lamarck, 1816) from the Silurian Period.