Dalmanites Trilobite

Some workers were jackhammering a hole in the Louisville area and came upon a number of trilobite parts. It appears to be a Silurian trilobite called the Dalmanites. This is maybe part of the lower thorax and then the tail section.

Cephalopod Living Chamber

I have never found a living chamber on a cephalopod fossil before. This one is just the very edge of the mold but it can be seen how the shell begins to spread out. The imprints on the shell showing rings and texture have worn away.

Colonial Coral: Foerstephyllum vacuum?

Here is a colonial coral that might be a Foerstephyllum vacuum (Foerste, 1909)  but it would need to be thin sectioned to really know. It is from an Ordovician coral bed in Jefferson County, Kentucky.