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Found these in a road cut of old 66 today, my wife and I are regular rock hounds and just getting to know the area

Hello all, and thanks for being here! I am looking for an ID on these fossils for my own gratification! My focus is in archaeology, so I come across fossils often during surface collection adventures! A little about the location: These were found in Nancy, Kentucky, USA on a partially man made flood-control lake called Lake Cumberland (Cumberland river basin/Cumberland plateau). The banks are rich with small to medium chert concretions, fossiliferous sedimentary stones, and small to medium iron inclusions. Preservation of these specimens are, generally, fair to good. I found this piece along with horn corals, only a couple of brachiopods, and a wealth of crinoid stem pieces in less than 20 minutes! I thank you all in advance for any information you can give me! -Skelly B. Specimen 1- Specimen 2 - Specimen 3 -

Good day, I have photographed a good number of the better fossils in my collection and I thought I would share. Several of the fossils have been collected, several have been given as gifts and others were purchased. Fossilized Crocodile Egg and Snake Egg Bouxwiller Quarry, France Eocene Bought from a member 2012 (6 x 2.5 cm) Longusorbis Cuniculosus (Fossil Crab) Oyster Bay Formation, Shelter Point, Vancouver Island, British Columbia Cretaceous Bought from a local dealer 2012 5 x 2.5 cm Raymondites (Trilobite) Gull River Formation, Black River Group, Kingston, Ontario Ordovician Collected last spring - came across a construction site 2013 (0.7 cm x 0.6 cm) Michelinoceras (Cephelopod) Gull River Formation, Black River Group, Kingston, Ontario Ordovician Collected last spring - came across a construction site 2013 (13.7 cm x 2.4 cm) Conulariid Gull River Formation, Black River Group, Kingston, Ontario Ordovician Collected last spring - came across a construction site 2013 (1.7 cm x 1.4 cm) Diamanella (Brachiopod) Gull River Formation, Black River Group, Kingston, Ontario Ordovician Collected last spring - came across a construction site 2013 (3 cm x 2 cm) Isotelus (Trilobite) Gull River Formation, Black River Group, Kingston, Ontario Ordovician Collected last spring - came across a construction site 2013 (1.5 cm x 1.7 cm) Platystrophia Ponderosa (Brachiopod) Ashlock Formation, Owingsville, Kentucky Ordovician Collected while on a rock climbing trip to Kentucky 2013 (3.5 cm x 2 cm) Neuropteris (Fossilized Fern) Excelsior, Pennsylvania Carboniferous Collected last year while on a road trip 2013 (11 cm x 7 cm) Ammonite Madagascar Bought at our club auction 2012 (7.4 cm x 5.7 cm) Dactylioceras (Ammonite) Yorkshire, England Jurassic Got for helping someone out last summer 2013 (5 cm x 4 cm) Essexella Asherae (Jelly Fish) Carbondale Formation, Pit 11, Francis Creek, Garner, Illinois Pennsylvanian Given to me by a generous member (4.2 cm x 6.1 cm) Isotelus (Trilobite) Gull River Formation, Black River Group, Kingston, Ontario Ordovician Collected last spring - came across a construction site 2013 (6.8 cm x 4.4 cm) Mucrospirifer (Brachiopod) Hamilton Group, Widder Formation, Hungry Hollow Devonian Collected this spring 2014 (Thank you to a member for keeping access) (4 cm x 1.2 cm) Flexicalymene Croensi (Trilobite) Power Concrete Quarry, Prince Edward County, Picton, Ontario Ordovician Collected on a club field trip 2011 (1.5 cm x 0.9 cm) Greenops (Trilobite) Hamilton Group, Widder Formation, Hungry Hollow Devonian Collected this spring 2014 (Thank you to a member for keeping access) (2.2 cm x 1.5 cm) THANK YOU for taking a look Corey Lablans

Fossils of the Gull River Formation, Black River Group This past weekend I came across a newly excavated site here in Kingston, Ontario. After spending a few hours over a few days here is what I collected. Cephelopod - Gull River Formation of the Black River Group, Kingston, Ontario 4.75" x (0.5" to 0.3") Conulariid - 0.75" x 0.5" - Gull River Formation of the Black River Group, Kingston, Ontario Thank you to Peter Lee and Nathan Thomas for identifying this for me. (Daimanella) - Brachiopod - Gull River Formation of the Black River Group, Kingston, Ontario 1.2" x 0.75" (Ceraurus Cephalon) Trilobite - Gull River Formation of the Black River Group, Kingston, Ontario 1" x 0.75" (Species Unidentifed Yet) Trilobite - Gull River Formation of the Black River Group, Kingston, Ontario 0.25" x 0.125" Collected several other specimens that I have not photographed. One in particular, an isotelus pygidium, that I still need to photograph. I'm always wanting to make sure I have the right species names. If you know of an error please let me know. I have been learning a lot from everyone on this forum. THANK YOU