The International Fossil Coral and Reef Society

Fossil corals, sponges, and reef ecosystems in the broadest sense

Call for submissions for the IFCRS 14^th Symposium Conference Proceedings (Poland, 2023)

Welcome

The International Fossil Coral and Reef Society was founded in the early 1970’s under the name International Association for the Study of Fossil Cnidaria and Sponges. It promotes research on fossil corals, sponges, and reefs in the broadest sense. The main event of the society’s activities is an international symposium held every four years. The last symposium was in Chęciny, Poland in Sept. 2023. The next will be hosted in Toulouse, France in 2027. We also host online annual early career research symposiums with the next organised by our colleagues in Chengdu & Nanjing, China (Nov. 2024).

Pleistocene fossil coral reef from the Red Sea.

🚨Join us for a talk by Dr. Nadia Santodomingo and Dr. Lewis A Jones on "Mesophotic and turbid Reefs as Key ecosystems for the future?“

MURKY is a workshop that will take place this year as part of the paleosynthesis network.

📅 27.06.2024 🕐 13:00 UTChttps://t.co/Hv5XLn7k7d pic.twitter.com/JXA4tsywrT

— IFCRS: International Fossil Coral and Reef Society (@fossil_reef) June 19, 2024

Upcoming events

• Our next Lecture will be led by Dr Nadia Santodomingo (University of Oxford) and Dr Lewis Jones (Universidade de Vigo). They will present “Mesophotic and turbid Reefs as Key ecosystems for the future?” on Thursday 27^th June 2024 at 13:00 UTC.
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• The 13^th International Symposium on Fossil Algae will be held in Le Castella, Italy from 2^nd to 6^th September 2024.
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• 3^rd IFCRS Early Career Researcher Symposium (14^th Nov. 2024) - More details coming soon!