Directory of Corals Resources

This category is for any websites which deals specifically with the fossil record of corals.

Resources in This Category

Ancient Coral Reefs

http://www.nature.ca/notebooks/english/coral.htm
Natural History Notebook (Canada) fossil coral section.
CarboniferousCorals (Phylum Cnidaria)

http://www.kabrna.com/cpgs/fossils/mississippian/coral.htm
Information on rugose and tabulate coral fossils found in Carboniferous limestone with photographs of Amplexus coralloides, Syringopora and Dibunophylum bipartitium.
Jurassic Coral

http://www.ammonite.free-online.co.uk/brcoral.htm
Photograph of a chunk of fossilised Isastraea sp. found on the beach in Scotland.
Rugose Coral

http://www.ammonite.free-online.co.uk/zaph.htm
Photographs of Zaphrentis sp. and Canania cylindrica which are commonly found on beaches among the pebbles.
Silurian Corals

http://www.ammonite.free-online.co.uk/favo.htm
Photographs of Favosites gothlandicus, Halysites and Tryplasma sp. from Wenlock Edge, England.
Silurian Reefs

http://www.silurian.com/geology/reefs.htm
Much of the limestone of the Silurian era was laid down in large reef systems. This article discusses the structure of the reef and the diverse species that lived among the coral.

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