Web Directory

» Ancient Coral Reefs
   Natural History Notebook (Canada) fossil coral section.
   http://www.nature.ca/notebooks/english/coral.htm

» CarboniferousCorals (Phylum Cnidaria)
   Information on rugose and tabulate coral fossils found in Carboniferous limestone with photographs of Amplexus coralloides, Syringopora and Dibunophylum bipartitium.
   http://www.kabrna.com/cpgs/fossils/mississippian/coral.htm

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

» Palaeos Invertebrates: Cnidaria: Rugosa
   An overview of the horn corals, an important group of Paleozoic organisms, their classification and evolution with an illustration of what a Middle Devonian reef might have looked like.
   http://www.palaeos.com/Invertebrates/Cnidaria/Rugosa.htm

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

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

» Silurian Reefs
   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.
   http://www.silurian.com/geology/reefs.htm

» Virtual Silurian Reef
   Milwaukee Public Museum provides information on Silurian reefs and the organisms that lived among the coral, focussing on the reefs found in Wisconsin.
   http://www.mpm.edu/collections/learn/reef/