Posts treating: "Jeffersonville Limestone"
Monday, 11 January 2016
This fossil is on display at the Falls of the Ohio State Park Interpretive Center. It is thought to be an Aulocystis (?) procumbens tube coral growing on top of a Favosites turbinatus tabulate coral fossil. They existed in the Devonian time period and were found in the Jeffersonville Limestone of Clark County, Indiana, USA.
Very neat specimen put on display in the new exhibit there. If
This is a picture of an eroded crinoid calyx fossil. It appears to be a Dolatocrinus. The
fossil was found in the Jeffersonville Limestone of Clark County,
Indiana, USA. It dates to the Eifelian, Middle Devonian Period.
Thanks to Kenny for the
This is a picture of an eroded blastoid. These types of fossils are somewhat rare. It appears to be an Eleaecrinus verneuili. The
fossil was found in the Jeffersonville Limestone of Clark County,
Indiana, USA. It dates to the Eifelian, Middle Devonian Period.
Thanks to Kenny for the
This is a picture of an unidentified sponge fossil. The
fossil was found in the Jeffersonville Limestone of Clark County,
Indiana, USA. It dates to the Eifelian, Middle Devonian Period.
Thanks to Kenny for the
This is a picture of an intact blastoid. These types of fossils are somewhat rare. It appears to be an Eleaecrinus verneuili. The fossil was found in the Jeffersonville Limestone of Clark County, Indiana, USA. It dates to the Eifelian, Middle Devonian Period.
Thanks to Kenny for the
Nothing like starting off 2015 with finding a coral fossil from the Devonian Period. This coral appears to be a Favosites emmonsia. It was found in the Jeffersonville Limestone of Jefferson County Kentucky USA.
Thanks to Kenny for the
These fossils appear to be a Syringopora hisingeri coral on a stromatoporid. They were found in the Jeffersonville Limestone of Jefferson County Kentucky USA. The corals existed in the Devonian Period.
Thanks to Kenny for the
These coral fossils appear to be a Coenites reticulata on a Favosites. They were found in the Jeffersonville Limestone of Jefferson County Kentucky USA. The corals existed in the Devonian Period.
Thanks to Kenny for the
Very nice find of a Devonian Period coral fossil This coral appears to be an Aulocystis fascicularis. It was found in the Jeffersonville Limestone of Jefferson County Kentucky USA.
Thanks to Kenny for the
This fossil appears to be a Pleuronotus decewi (Conrad) gastropod. It was found in the Jeffersonville Limestone of Jefferson County, Kentucky, USA. The fossil dates to the Middle Devonian Period.Thanks to Kenny for letting me take pictures of
The Siphonophrentis elongata horn coral fossils is one of the largest found in the United States. This picture shows a small fragment of the original specimen. It was well over 30 cm in length when it was alive during the Middle Devonian Period. This segment is about 5 cm long and almost 8 cm in diameter.What is nice is the center on one end is full of crystals (maybe quartz or calcite) and smooth mineral layer at the other end. The septa divisions are still visible along the outer [...]
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Here are several pieces of fossil coral from Louisville, KY. I collected them while visiting Mike, of Louisville Fossils blog, in Louisville. The area we collected from was a mix of Jeffersonville Limestone (Lockhovian stage of the Devonian) and possibly Louisville Limestone (Homerian to Gorstian stage of the Silurian). As a result I don't know specifically which formation these came out of. The specimens could be Entelophyllum (if from the Louisville Limestone) or Eridiophyllum (if from the [...]
Brachiopod fossil this might be a Spirifer sp. found in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, USA. This brachiopod looks a lot like those found in southern Indiana in the Jeffersonville Limestone called Orthospirifer sp. The Indiana fossil tends to be more gray though.The Spirifer sp. exist in the Milwaukee Formation with is dated to the Middle Devonian Period.Thanks to Nathan for the
Syringopora hisingeri coral fossil from the Devonian Period Jeffersonville Limestone. The fossil was found in Jefferson County (Louisville), Kentucky, USA. The fossils sort of remind me in appearance of on angel hair pasta. Very fine tube like structures clustered together in a colony makes this fossil stand out. Named by Billings in 1858. It can also be noted that corals like this are also found in the Onondaga Limestone of Ontario Canada and Michigan USA. The holotype for this species can be [...]
Genus Favosites fossil coral found in the Jeffersonville Limestone of Jefferson County, Kentucky USA. These little animals lived in the Devonian Period and helped create the thick layers of limestone foundation the city is built on. The limestone also helps provide very tasty drinking water to the local population! :)Thanks to Kenny for letting me photograph this
Hexagonaria prisma coral fossil found in the Jeffersonville Limestone of Jefferson County, Kentucky, USA. Animals existed in the Devonian Period. Next pictures shows how the genus got its name with the hexagon shapes contains the remains of the coral
Devonian Period fossil corals can be found in the Louisville, Kentucky, USA area. This area appears to have 100s of varieties of corals. Today, the one highlighted on the blog is called Drymopora fascicularis. It is found in the Jeffersonville Limestone of Clark County, Indiana and Jefferson County, Kentucky. Fossil was named by Davis in 1887.Thanks to Kenny for letting me photograph it.
Louisville Kentucky, USA is known for is wide array of Paleozoic coral fossils. The city is built upon thick limestone layers of ancient coral reefs that are exposed either naturally or during construction projects. This coral fossil appears to be a Syringopora perelegans named by Billings in 1858. It was found in the Middle Devonian aged limestone of Jefferson County, Kentucky.Thanks to Kenny for letting me photograph this
I think this is some sort of Brevispirifer brachiopod. It is Devonian period and was found in the Jeffersonville Limestone of Jefferson County, Kentucky.Check out the brachiopod identifications at the Falls of the Ohio State Park web site:
This series of pictures shows an Entelophyllum coral found in the Louisville Limestone of Jefferson County, Kentucky. Using large amounts of muriatic acid and patience, this coral was revealed from its limestone matrix. It is almost 20 cm long. These first two pictures show evidence of the corallites budding from a parent.The two images after that show the talons that connected the corallites together. Three species of Entelophyllum are found in the Louisville area: E. eruciforme, E. rugosum, [...]