Kope Formation Graptolites

All the pictures in this post are from the same plate.  The first two are of the top and bottom of that plate.  Fossils shown on the plate appear to be graptolites (colonial Paleozoic plankton).  These were found in the Kope Formation of Carroll County, Kentucky dated to the Ordovician Period.

Learn more about graptolites on Wikipedia.

Catellocaula vallata Borings on Bryozoan

This hemispherical bryozoan might be a Prasapora simulatrix found in the Kope Formation of Carroll County, Kentucky.  On one side of the bryozoan are borings that are trace fossils called Catellocaula vellata.

Thanks to Bill Heimbrock's Xfossil website entry by Dry Dredger's Ron Fine on the Catellocaula vallata (tunicate).

Last two pictures are top and bottom views of the bryozoan.

See more at the Dry Dredger's website.

Kope Formation Bryozoan

Bryozoan fossil section found in the Kope Formation of Carroll County, Kentucky. These little moss creatures lived in the Ordovician Period.