Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Blue Brachiopod Fossils from Lake Cumberland, Kentucky

This shell is quite worn of a brachiopod found at Lake Cumberland, Kentucky.

The fossils are usually blue but this one is more light blue.






Monday, March 23, 2009

Eroded Devonian Horn Coral

Here is an eroded Devonian horn coral found in the Jeffersonville Limestone located in Jefferson County, Indiana.

It is propped up by a piece of coal.

Sunday, March 22, 2009

Favosites sp. Colonial Coral

Here is a fairly large coral plate maybe 12 cm across from the Jeffersonville Limestone found in Jefferson County, Kentucky. I believe this to be some sort of Favosites coral from the Devonian period. Some of it might be wet since I took these pictures soon after cleaning the fossil off. The pictures in order show the coral from a top, side and bottom view.