Rugose coral colony

Fossil

Specimen overview

Higher taxonomy Rugosa · Cnidaria
Lithostratigraphic Early Devonian limestone

Constituent parts (3)

Hexagonaria percarinata (la) Major inclusion

Classification · (Goldfuss, 1826)

Also known as Honeycomb coral ( en, alternate name ) · Wabenkoralle ( de, alternate name )

Colonial rugose coral · principal organism

Higher taxonomy Rugosa · Cnidaria

Encrusting bryozoan (en) Trace inclusion

Classification

Crust-forming colonial organism on coral surface · indet.

Higher taxonomy Bryozoa · Trepostomata

Bioclastic limestone (en) Major matrix

Classification

Carbonate host rock · Early Devonian

Rock type Bioclastic limestone
Lithostratigraphic Early Devonian limestone Jura arc

Geologic age

Age
Early DevonianEpoch
419 – 394.3 Ma
in Devonian

Stratigraphy

Lithostratigraphy

Formation
Lower Devonian limestone

strati.ch · Swiss Geological Survey

Tectonostratigraphy

Domain
Jura Mountains
Subdomain
Folded Jura

TK500 4th ed. (2024) · swisstopo

Locality

Map showing the locality of Rugose coral colony
Jura arc · Early Devonian
Named place
Jura arc, Bernese Jura
Country
Switzerland
First-order division
Bern
Sampled feature
outcrop

Exact coordinates available on request from the holding institution.