Western Kentucky Fossil Identification

[Branch]

Hello Everyone, 

 

I recently moved to western Kentucky and have been finding a ton of fossils here. I think a lot of what I've been finding are corals, crinoids, and brachiopods. 

 

I found a few fossils that I can't find online. I have no idea what they are. They washed out of a hillside on Kentucky lake in western Kentucky. The specific geology where I found them had a lot of strangely welded rock seams, geodes and a looked like the material may not have originated there (maybe moved through some geologic process). The rocks where I am are mostly limestone. 

 

The ones I can't Identify are the slightly spiraled ones. The other picture Is a nice coral (I think) specimen from the same location. 

 

Any Idea on what they are? 

 

Thanks!

 

 

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Productid brachiopds and a coral similar to Hexagonaria. I would think. 

Seem to be Devonian or maybe Carboniferous. 

[Herb]

Looks like the brachiopod Linoproductus sp and the coral Lithostrontium sp. both Pennsylvanian marine. Best guess. Where at Ky lake?

[Bullsnake]

14 minutes ago, Herb said:

Looks like the brachiopod Linoproductus sp...

What do you think about maybe echinaria, Herb?

[abyssunder]

I'm not familiar with the region and its geological ages, but it looks like a Productidina (just to correct the misspelling from the link ).

[Branch]

Thanks for the ID's everyone!

 

Herb, I found these on the western shore of Kentucky lake about 2.5 miles south of the 68 bridge. 

[Arizona Chris]

That coral looks like a tabulate.

[Herb]

Everything in that area is Pennsylvanian , except for a tiny area of Cretaceous Ripley formation which is barren of fossils in KY.

Lithostrontion sp is a rugose coral.

 

[piranha]

To avoid any possible confusion, I'm not attempting an ID on the posted specimen.

 

Taxonomy Update: Lithostrotion / Lithostrotionella has been reclassified as Acrocyathus:

 

Sando, W.J. (1983)

Revision of Lithostrotionella (Coelenterata, Rugosa) from the Carboniferous and Permian.

United States Geological Survey Professional Paper, 1247:1-52  PDF LINK

 

Rodríguez, S., & Kopaska-Merkel, D.C. (2014)
Mississippian rugose corals from Alabama: a review.
Journal of Paleontology, 88(5):829-850

[doushantuo]

So nobody has mentioned Semenioff,Jull,Poty or Nudds yet?