Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Honeycomb Coral
Favosites coral found in Louisville, Kentucky also known as honeycomb coral. Found with Silurian Period fossils but this could be a Devonian Period fossil.
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coral,
louisville kentucky
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Horn Coral: Aulacophyllum
Aulacophyllum horn coral found in the Jeffersonville Limestone of Clark County, Indiana. The coral existed in the Devonian Period.
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devonian,
horn coral,
indiana,
Jeffersonville Limestone
Monday, April 19, 2010
St. Clair Pennsylvania Fern Fossils
Pictures of fern fossils from St. Clair, Pennsylvania. These plants grew in the Late Carboniferous or Pennsylvanian Period and can be found in the Llewellyn Formation. Fossils compliments of Shamalama.
St. Clair is famous for the white appearance of their plant fossils which caused by aluminum silicate or pyrophyllite. This first fossil is Alethopteris.
Modern fern image to use as comparison to fossil.
St. Clair is famous for the white appearance of their plant fossils which caused by aluminum silicate or pyrophyllite. This first fossil is Alethopteris.
Modern fern image to use as comparison to fossil.
Labels:
fern,
llewellyn formation,
pennsylvania,
Pennsylvanian,
plant
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