Chilotrypa ostiolata Bryozoan Fossil

 

My September 2021 trip to Alpena, Michigan USA with several amateur paleontologists from Louisville and Chicago, we visited a local paleontologist Paleo Joe (aka  Joseph Kchodl). 

This picture is of one of his bryozoan fossils from Middleport, New York USA. This fossil is known as Chilotrypa ostiolata (Hall, 1852). It was found in the Rochester Shale and existed in the Silurian Period.

Aulopora conferta Coral Fossil

 

This fossil is really nice with Aulopora conferta? (Winchell) coral growing on what might be Hexagonaria.(Gürich, 1896). It was found in the Bell Shale of the Traverse Group at Carmeuse Quarry, Rogers City, Michigan, USA. The fossil dates to the middle Devonian Period (Givetian Stage).

Phareodus testis Fish Fossil

My trip earlier this month to Alpena, Michigan USA with several amateur paleontologists from Louisville and Chicago, we visited a local paleontologist Paleo Joe (aka  Joseph Kchodl). This picture is of one of his fish fossils from Kemmerer, Wyoming USA. This fossil is known as Phareodus testis (Cope, 1877). It was found in the Green River Formation and existed in the Eocene Epoch Paleogene Period.