Devonian Corals of the Falls of the Ohio

and Surrounding Areas

Colonial Rugose Coral* Faunal List

*They can occur as individual corals when colonies are deeply weathered.

Names in Current Use* (1997)

Note: Links on fossil names will take you to a page with photos and data on the Indiana Memory Project web site.

Abbreviations: CZ = coral zone; JL = Jeffersonville Limestone, above coral zone; S= Speed Limestone, North Vernon Formation, B = Beechwood Member, North Vernon Formation

North Vernon Formation = Sellersburg Limestone

                                                                                                  CZ         JL          S           B

Acinophyllum mclareni Fagerstrom                                                        X

Acinophyllum stokesi (Milne-Edwards & Haime)                     X

Cyathocylindrium gemmatum (Hall)                                        X             X

Cyathocylindrium opulens Oliver                                                            X

Cylindrophyllum gradatum (Greene)                                       X             X

"Disphyllum" synaptophylloides Stumm**                                X

Eridophyllum archaici (Billings)                                                                                          X

Eridophyllum coagulatum (Davis)                                                           X

Eridophyllum seriale Edwards & Haime  Solitary                    X?           X

Heliophyllum coalitum (Rominger)                                          X

Heliophyllum ingens (Davis)**                                                                                            X

Heliophyllum latericrescens Hall (often surrounded by buds)                 X

Heliophyllum yandelli (Rominger)**                                          X

Iowaphyllum knotti (Davis)                                                                       ?                         X

Prismatophyllum bella (Davis)                                                                 X

Prismatophyllum conjunctum (Davis)                                                     X

Prismatophyllum ovoideum (Davis)                                                        X           

Prismatophyllum prisma Lang & Smith                                                  X

Prismatophyllum truncata Stewart                                           X

Stauromatidium trigemma (Davis)                                           X             X

* Names change as new studies of faunas are completed.

** According to William A. Oliver, Jr.

Other Species Lists

                                  Horn Corals         Tabulate Corals

Created February 17, 2010, Updated July 29, 2011