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The International Fossil Coral and Reef Society

The Society promotes and shares research on fossil corals, sponges, and reefs, and has done so for over fifty years.

The International Fossil Coral and Reef Society (IFCRS) was founded in the early 1970s under the name ‘The International Association for the Study of Fossil Cnidaria and Sponges’.

We host an international symposium every four years and an annual online Early Career Researcher symposium.

We are an all-volunteer society and free to join. We have a long history of being welcoming, supportive, and friendly, and many of our members have made lifelong friends and colleagues through the Society.

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Registration open: 5th Early Career Researcher Symposium

Register for the 5th IFCRS Early Career Researcher Symposium.

Lewis A. Jones
October 21, 2026

Obituary: John Jell
It is our sad duty to report the passing of Prof. John S. Jell (Brisbane, Australia) on 7 October…
Greggory Webb, Markus Aretz
October 14, 2026

Obituary: Jörn Geister
Jörn GEISTER (Fig. 1) was born on October 29, 1940, in Würbenthal, in the Eastern Sudetes, amidst…
Bernard Lathuilière
May 7, 2025

Obituary: Thomas Stemann
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Nancy Budd
January 9, 2025

Conference Proceedings: 14th Symposium of the International Fossil Coral and Reef Society
The International Fossil Coral and Reef Society (IFCRS) invites all participants of the 14th Sympos…
Jarek Stolarski
February 29, 2024

Happy holidays 2024
Dear members of IFCRS, colleagues and friends,
Jarek Stolarski and Nadia Santodomingo
December 29, 2023
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