Jump to content

Ordovician - Kentucky fossil


botaniccal

Recommended Posts

  • New Members

So I debated even posting this, because I admit I did the absolute bare minimum (precisely one photograph). I used a significant portion of my battery life on this walk taking pictures so when I took this one my phone immediately died so I wasn't able to get more detailed pics. I also wasn't really thinking about this forum when I took these pics so apologies for that. I'm very very new to fossil hunting and ID. This was at the same place as my last post here (near Lexington, KY in the Oregon formation).

 

The rock was a smooth, cylinder shape. Part of the cylinder shape jutted out and you could trace the shape all the way around. It just seemed really out-of-place on the rock with how smooth it was and how it stuck out. It was covered in these weird squiggly things that you can see in the picture. My (very) uneducated guess is that this is some type of coral? But I don't know.

 

I understand if theres no ID that can be made because I did a poor job of documenting this, but even telling me if its a fossil or not would be helpful.

 

Near Lexington, Kentucky, Ordovician rock, Oregon formation, was about 8 inches across.

20240917_130350.jpg

Link to comment
Share on other sites

I agree with cross sections of gastropods for the squiggly things.

 

20240917_130350.jpg.391de318bff9b695daac00295a4362b2.jpg

  • I found this Informative 1

    Tim    -  VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER

   VFOTM.png.f1b09c78bf88298b009b0da14ef44cf0.png    VFOTM  --- APRIL - 2015       MOTM.png.61350469b02f439fd4d5d77c2c69da85.png      PaleoPartner.png.30c01982e09b0cc0b7d9d6a7a21f56c6.png.a600039856933851eeea617ca3f2d15f.png     Postmaster1.jpg.900efa599049929531fa81981f028e24.jpg        IPFOTM -- MAY - 2024   IPFOTM5.png.fb4f2a268e315c58c5980ed865b39e1f.png

_________________________________________________________________________________
"In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks."

John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~   ><))))( *>  About Me      

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • New Members

Thank you all for the identifications. I wish I could have gotten some more pictures because that odd cylinder shape was pretty impressive, though I have no clue what it was 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
×
×
  • Create New...