Trigonia Pelecypod Fossil

Here is a picture of a Trigonia sp. (Bruguière 1789) pelecypod fossil at the Museo di Paleontologia at Sapienza University of Rome Italy. Creatures like this existed in the Cretaceous and Jurassic Periods. They had another on display showing the view from the outside.

See some pictures of fossils like I have posted on this blog in the past: http://louisvillefossils.blogspot.com/2009/11/pterotrigonia-thoracica-pelecypod.html

Image taken in June 2014.

Acervularia truncata coral fossil

Here is a picture of an Acervularia truncata coral fossil at the Museo di Paleontologia at Sapienza University of Rome Italy. It existed in the Silurian Period.

Image taken in June 2014.

Syringopora-sp and Favosites sp colonial coral fossils

Here is a picture of a Syringopora-sp and Favosites sp colonial coral fossils at the Museo di Paleontologia at Sapienza University of Rome Italy. It existed in the Silurian Period. The fossils were found in Sweden.

Similar fossils are found in the Louisville Limestone of Louisville, Kentucky, USA.

Image taken in June 2014.