I am not sure what this fossil is. It was found in Speed Quarry, Clark County, Indiana in Jeffersonville(?) Limestone. It is a Devonian Period fossil. The first picture reminds me of a stone flower with the petals radiating out. Maybe it is some sort of tube coral? It reminds me of a Pleurodictyum cf. P. problematicum Goldfuss shown on pages 82-83 (figure 6) in the Fossils of Ohio book.
Thanks to Mary Ann for letting me photograph it.
UPDATE: I got a message from the nice people at the Indiana Geological Survey (IGS) and they write it does appear to be a Pleurodictyum problematicum. Thanks to the IGS for that information.
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Monday, March 1, 2010
Bryozoan on Cornulite
This microscope image of an Ordovician Period cornulite worm tube with a bryozoan growing on it. I guess it could be the other way around with the cornulite growing on the bryozoan. It looks like the bryozoan fragment was part of a larger colony.
Fossil found in the Kope Formation of Carroll County, Kentucky. Viewing circle represents about 3.5 mm in diameter. Magnification at 40 times.
Fossil found in the Kope Formation of Carroll County, Kentucky. Viewing circle represents about 3.5 mm in diameter. Magnification at 40 times.
Labels:
bryozoan,
Kentucky,
kope formation,
ordovician,
worm
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Leptaena Brachiopod
UPDATE: I originally labeled this Megastrophia concava but Shamalama determined it was probably a Leptaena brachiopod instead. After some more research, I agree.
Leptaena brachiopod found in the Jeffersonville Limestone of Clark County, Indiana. This brachiopod existed in the Devonian Period.
Thanks to Mary Ann for letting me photograph it.
Leptaena brachiopod found in the Jeffersonville Limestone of Clark County, Indiana. This brachiopod existed in the Devonian Period.
Thanks to Mary Ann for letting me photograph it.
Labels:
brachiopod,
devonian,
indiana,
Jeffersonville Limestone
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