Talarocrinus patei Crinoids

A large plate showing Talarocrinus patei crinoids of the early Carboniferous Period found in Kentucky.  This plate is on display at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History (as of August 2010). 

Their collections database shows a specimen of this species named by Miller & Gurley.  It identifies the location as Breckinridge County, Kentucky and the specimen of the Upper/Late Mississippian Period.  It was found in the Chester Group of the Ohara Limestone Formation.  The time periods do not match with the specimen pictured so it must be a different specimen.

Calymene clavicula Trilobite

A Calymene clavicula trilobite of the Silurian Period found in Indiana, USA.  This picture was taken at Smithsonian Museum of Natural History in August 2010.

Part of an amazing collection of trilobites is being displayed in the Hall of Ocean Life in the Museum of Natural History as described at the Smithsonian web site.  Dr. Robert Hazen, earth science professor at George Mason University is donating his approximately 2000 trilobite fossils to the Smithsonian.  The collection consists about 1000 different species found in Morocco, Russia, Bohemia, United Kingdom and North America.  See Dr. Robert Hazen's web page and compare the Calymene clavicula specimen from Oklahoma to the one pictured here.  Also pictured on his page is an intact Ordovician Acidaspis trilobite from Kentucky.  In addition, two Mississippian Period trilobites (Pudoproetus sp. & Griffithides bufo) found in Montgomery County, Indiana can be seen.

Cretaceous Shells of Alabama

 The Smithsonian Museum of Natural History has a number of Cretaceous Period shell fossils on display from Alabama.  This first picture is of the Calyptraphorus trinodiferus. The next picture shows a Clinuropsis pagodiformis.

The third picture contains pictures of two specimens: Lecifusus sp. and  Latirus tortilis.

The last picture is of a "Voluta" newcombiana.