File:Zaphrentis phrygia fossil rugose coral (Jeffersonville Limestone, Middle Devonian; Falls of the Ohio, southern Indiana, USA) 2 (15566002376).jpg
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Zaphrentis phrygia Rafinesque & Clifford, 1820 fossil rugose coral from the Devonian of Indiana, USA (1.5 cm across at its widest). Exceedingly fossiliferous rocks of the Jeffersonville Limestone are well exposed at the famous Falls of the Ohio outcrop (Indiana side of the Ohio River at Louisville). These Middle Devonian rocks have abundant colonial and solitary corals (tabulates and rugosans), plus other typical Paleozoic shallow carbonate seafloor invertebrates (e.g., brachiopods, bryozoans, crinoids). This is a silicified, solitary rugose coral ("horn coral"). Solitary rugose corals have tapering calcitic skeletons. During life, a polyp (sea anemone animal) lived in the cup at the top of the skeleton. The shells and skeletons in portions of the Jeffersonville Limestone have been silicified (replaced by quartz/silica - SiO2). The silicified fossils are more resistant to weathering than the limestone host rock. Upon weathering and erosion, the fossils stand out in relief, or are weathered completely free of matrix, as is this specimen. Orientation: counter side on the left; cardinal side on the right Classification: Animalia, Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Rugosa, Zaphrentidae Stratigraphy: Jeffersonville Limestone, lower Middle Devonian Locality: northern shore of the Ohio River, across from the city of Louisville, west of the Falls of the Ohio rapids, southern margin of Clark County, southern Indiana, USA (vicinity of 38° 16' 42.32" North, 85° 45' 57.79" West) See info. at: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugosa" rel="nofollow">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugosa</a> |
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| Source | Zaphrentis phrygia fossil rugose coral (Jeffersonville Limestone, Middle Devonian; Falls of the Ohio, southern Indiana, USA) 2 |
| Author | James St. John |
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