Favosites proximatus?

This beautiful coral with its circular chambers (corallites) surrounded by different polygons (trigonal, tetragonal, or pentagonal) was found in the Jeffersonville Limestone of Jefferson County, Kentucky.  It is thought to be a Favosites proximatus? coral.  The book Silurian and Devonian Corals of the Falls of the Ohio (Stumm, 1964) was used to identify this specimen.  Description on page 64 and plate 61, figures 7-9.  Fossil originally called Favosites proximus by Davis in 1887 and renamed by Stumm in 1950.

See more Favosites or "honeycomb" corals at the Falls of the Ohio Devonian Coral web page.

Heliophyllum Horn Coral

One of the well known Devonian Period horn corals, the Heliophyllum sp. fossil is found in the Beechwood Limestone of Clark County, Indiana.

If you like this coral, it is for sale on eBay at a low price

"Orthis" subnodosa Brachiopod

The "Orthis" subnodosa brachiopod found in the Waldron Shale of Clark County, Indiana.  This is the only one I have found of this Silurian Period fossil.

The Indiana State Museum collections database was used to help identify this fossil.

This fossil marks the 15th Waldron Shale brachiopod species I have found: see the rest at this posting.