File:Trepostome bryozoan (Kope Formation, Upper Ordovician; Rt. 9 roadcut near Alexandria, Kentucky, USA) 1.jpg

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English: Fossil bryozoan colony from the Ordovician of Kentucky, USA. (11.1 cm tall)

Bryozoans are colonial lophophorates, most of which make a calcareous skeleton. Many bryozoan skeletons have complex shapes that usually cannot be fully appreciated from the fossil record. Bryozoans are abundant fossils, especially in Paleozoic and Mesozoic limestones, but their skeletons usually get busted up during the storm events resulting in their final burial. Colony reconstructions (see some examples elsewhere in this photo album) can be time-consuming, especially with large fragmented specimens.

Stratigraphy: Kope Formation, Edenian Stage, lower Cincinnatian Series, Upper Ordovician

Locality: 2nd bench (= top bench) of roadcut along the southwestern side of Rt. 9 (= AA Highway) at the Rt. 409/Thelma Lee Road intersection, near the town of Alexandria, central Campbell County, northern Kentucky, USA. (38° 59' 21.41" North latitude, 84° 23' 48.34" West longitude)
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Author James St. John

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