KY Brachiopod and Chrynoidal

beetle662 · Aug 31, 2010

A couple pics of a Brachiopod and what I believe to be a Chrynoidal fossil. Anyone have any other ideas feel free to let me know. The brachiopods are all around here... full, halves... tiny to large. Thanks for looking!

LanceHall · Sep 2, 2010

I see a brachiopod and maybe an orthocone (straight shelled nautiloid).. don't know what a Chrynoidal is :P

Solius Symbiosus · Sep 3, 2010

A couple pics of a Brachiopod and what I believe to be a Chrynoidal fossil. Anyone have any other ideas feel free to let me know.

Collecting the Ordovician, huh? :wink:

Your brachiopod is some kind of orthid; most likely a Platystrophia sp., and I agree with Lance that the other fossil is an "orthoceras" cephalopod. Lance, by "chrynoidal" I think that he meant crinoidal.

HERE is a blog that describes some Ordovician fauna from Kentucky and elsewhere, too.

LanceHall · Oct 3, 2010

Solius Symbiosus said:
Your brachiopod is some kind of orthid; most likely a Platystrophia sp., and I agree with Lance that the other fossil is an "orthoceras" cephalopod. Lance, by "chrynoidal" I think that he meant crinoidal.

I know, just thought the spelling was funny. :P