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.

🚨 Don't miss out on Prof. Valentina Bracchi's upcoming lecture on Quaternary mesophotic temperate reefs!
📆 28.03.2024
⏰ 15:00 UTC
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— IFCRS: International Fossil Coral and Reef Society (@fossil_reef) March 20, 2024

Upcoming events

• Our next Lecture Series speaker is Valentina Bracchi from the University of Milano-Bicocca. She will present “Quaternary mesophotic temperate reef under a paleontological and paleoecological perspective” on Thursday 28^th March 2024 at 15:00 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 (Nov. 2023) - More details coming soon!