The Eospirifer eudora (Hall) brachiopod fossils found in the Waldron Shale of Clark County, Indiana. These brachiopods existed in the Middle Silurian Period. Refer to Silurian Fauna of Kentucky by August F. Foerste which is part of the book Paleontology of Kentucky by W.R. Jillson 1931. Plate XXIII figure 16 shows this fossil.
Friday, October 8, 2010
Eospirifer eudora
The Eospirifer eudora (Hall) brachiopod fossils found in the Waldron Shale of Clark County, Indiana. These brachiopods existed in the Middle Silurian Period. Refer to Silurian Fauna of Kentucky by August F. Foerste which is part of the book Paleontology of Kentucky by W.R. Jillson 1931. Plate XXIII figure 16 shows this fossil.
Labels:
brachiopod,
indiana,
silurian,
waldron shale
Thursday, October 7, 2010
Unidentified Ordovician Brachiopod (UOB)
Unidentified brachiopod found in the Lexington Limestone of Franklin County, Kentucky. Fossil is from the Ordovician Period. Maybe this is a flattened Glyptorthis? See a visual list of Ordovician Period brachiopods at the Dry Dredgers web site.
Labels:
brachiopod,
Kentucky,
lexington limestone,
ordovician
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Zygospira Brachiopod
Zygospira (Hall, 1862) brachiopod fossil found in the Lexington Limestone of Franklin County, Kentucky. A pea sized fossil that has a distinctive shape and ridge pattern. This brachiopod existed in the Ordovician Period.
See more specimens on the Dry Dredgers web site.
See more specimens on the Dry Dredgers web site.
Labels:
brachiopod,
Kentucky,
lexington limestone,
ordovician
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