Sunday, October 10, 2010

Maroon Dalmanella Fossils






Dalmanella multisecta (formerly Onniella multisecta) brachiopod found in the Kope Formation of  Carroll County, Kentucky.  This brachiopod existed in the Ordovician Period.  Learn more at the Dry Dredgers web site.  For some reason, these fossils are a maroon color.

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Saturday, October 9, 2010

Dalmanella multisecta Brachiopod


Dalmanella multisecta (formerly Onniella multisecta) brachiopod found in the Kope Formation of  Carroll County, Kentucky.  This brachiopod existed in the Ordovician Period.  Learn more at the Dry Dredgers web site.


Friday, October 8, 2010

Eospirifer eudora


The Eospirifer eudora (Hall) brachiopod fossils found in the Waldron Shale of Clark County, Indiana.  These brachiopods existed in the Middle Silurian Period.  Refer to Silurian Fauna of Kentucky by August F. Foerste which is part of the book Paleontology of Kentucky by W.R. Jillson 1931.  Plate XXIII figure 16 shows this fossil.