Saturday, October 9, 2010
Dalmanella multisecta Brachiopod
Dalmanella multisecta (formerly Onniella multisecta) brachiopod found in the Kope Formation of Carroll County, Kentucky. This brachiopod existed in the Ordovician Period. Learn more at the Dry Dredgers web site.
Labels:
brachiopod,
kope formation,
ordovician
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
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