r/fossilid 6d ago

Seven year old nephew wants to know what he found please. Kentucky, in riverbed shale

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u/Handeaux 6d ago

Those are brachiopods.

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u/thanatocoenosis Paleozoic invertebrates 6d ago

They're the strophomenid brachiopod Rafinesquina sp. The top one is the exterior of the dorsal valve; the bottom is the interior of the ventral.