Dry Dredgers Field Trip
To a Northern Kentucky Road Cut
Southgate Member, Kope Formation
October 23, 2004

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Page 6: Trilobites!

Finally - - - What every fossil hunter waits to see - - - TRILOBITES! This site was particularly good for the abundant molted "lace collar" of the delicate trilobite, Cryptolithus
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There were also a number of whole Flexicalymene granulosa found.
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Since the Kope formations are loaded with shale, numerous examples of the Flexicalymene's burrows were found (below). These are called Rhusophycus.
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Also, many fragments of the giant trilobite, Isotelus, were found. The picture below shoes what remains of the tail section, or pygidium. 
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The picture below shows some Isotelus trilobite fragments next to a nicely preserved fragment of a Nautiloid Cephalopod.
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Next Page: Cephalopods Found That Day


T A B L E   OF   C O N T E N T S

Page 1: Introduction (collecting pics)

Fossils Found That Day:
Page 2: Crinoids Part 1

Page 3: Crinoids Part 2

Page 4: Burrows

Page 5: Graptolites

Page 6: Trilobites

Page 7: Cephalopods

Page 8: Other Molluscs

Page 9: Brachiopods and Bryozoans

Pics From Our Trip To This Site in 2002


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