Elrathia kingii Trilobite

This fossil be found at the Bellarmine University Geoscience Collection located in Louisville, Kentucky. It is  a Elrathia kingii trilobite fossil. This creature existed in the Cambrian Period. The specimen is about 4 cm long.

Eurypterus Sea Scorpion Fossil Replica

This fossil replica can be found at the Bellarmine University Geoscience Collection located in Louisville, Kentucky. It is a fossil replica of a Eurypterus sea scorpion. This creature existed in the Silurian Period.

Stylemys nebrascensis Tortoise Fossil

Here is an interesting fossil that resides in the Bellarmine University Geoscience Collection located in Louisville, Kentucky. It is a tortoise shell fossil found in the Brules Formation of Nebraska. The fossil appears to be from the Stylemys nebrascensis. The creature roamed the Earth during the Oligocene Epoch (about 30 million years ago.

Learn more about this type of fossil at the University of Colorado Boulder Museum of Natural History web site.