Friday, November 5, 2010

Asterophyllites


Asterophyllites plant fossils of the Late Carboniferous Period found in Perry County, Kentucky.





Thursday, November 4, 2010

South Dakota Cephalopod

Some of the suture pattern on a cephalopod fossil fragment still visible.  Creature lived in the Cretaceous Period and was found in South Dakota.  Fossil obtained from the Indiana Society of Paleontology at GeoFest 2010 (Indiana State Museum).
Fossil about 5 cm in length.

Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Platystrophia ponderosa

Platystrophia ponderosa brachiopod found in the McMillan Formation of Spencer County, Kentucky.  Animals existed in the Ordovician Period.