Paraspirifer acuminatus Brachiopod

Here is a Paraspirifer acuminatus brachiopod on display at the Louisville Science Center, located on Main Street near the I-64 9th Street exit in Louisville, Kentucky. It was identified as being from the Devonian period.

Cephalopod Nautiloid at Louisville Science Center

Here is a fossil that can be found at the Louisville Science Center on the 2nd floor, western corner of the building, next to the windows looking out of the Ohio River.

The label said it was from the Devonian period and its identification was cephalopod nautiloid.

It does not look like anything I have found here in Louisville, Kentucky.

Mucrospirifer mucronatus Brachiopod

After volunteering at the Louisville Science Center, I decided to post some pictures of some of their fossils. It is great that they have already been identified for me down to the species.

The small fossil case is located on second floor in the western corner of the building next to the windows looking out over the river. It sort of gets you in the frame of mind for seeing these ancient creatures while seeing the Ohio River flow by.

The brachiopod was labeled Mucrospirifer mucronatus from the Devonian period.