[TheLurkerX]

I never realized that area was under water. I just did some googling, and found that the crinoids came from the shallow ocean period about 310-350 million years ago.

That's cool by me, I like finding the surprise fossil. I found them all over N. Texas, but I guess I never realized KY might have been under water as well.

[Hunble]

Yes, it is always fun to learn about your local geology.

crinoids came from the shallow ocean period about 310-350 million years ago.

The hills you you see today in KY were created when the European and American continental plates slammed into each other.

So, in a way, you could blame it on the French!

[RightWhale]

Up around Jamestown, New York, in the hills, the fossil shells are so thick they form the soil. I can't say if they were freshwater or saltwater, but they are small, fairly intact, and have a primitive look to them.

[ngc6656]

...but I guess I never realized KY might have been under water as well.<

Virginia was as well. It is interesting to find sandstone and limestone at the tops of sections of the Appalachians in Virginia.

[okie01]

Any area where the topography includes a layer of limestone -- be it Kentucky or North Central Texas -- will have been under water at some time in its geologic past.

Limestone (calcium carbonate) is formed by deposits of shells and other dead sea creatures.