Thursday, August 19, 2010

Kope Formation Cornulites

Worm tube fossil called Cornulites.  Existed in the Ordovician Period.  Fossil found in the Kope Formation of Carroll County, Kentucky.

Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Bellerophon percarinatus


A Bellerophon percarinatus fossil of a Pennsylvanian Period snail.  It was found in the Breathitt Group of Hazard, Kentucky.  This creature existed in the Pennsylvanian Period.



Thanks to Herb for letting me photograph this specimen.

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Kope Formation Graptolites


All the pictures in this post are from the same plate.  The first two are of the top and bottom of that plate.  Fossils shown on the plate appear to be graptolites (colonial Paleozoic plankton).  These were found in the Kope Formation of Carroll County, Kentucky dated to the Ordovician Period.

Learn more about graptolites on Wikipedia.