Columbus limestone

Columbus limestone in the Rock Garden with a man next to it.

Middle Devonian, approximately 380 million years old, Columbus limestone, Ingersoll, Ontario. The Columbus limestone is rich in fossils such as the corals illustrated below:

The Columbus limestone rich in fossils.

Favosites coral colony, common name "honeycomb coral".

Favosites coral colony.

Rugose coral are cone shaped, with a wrinkled outer surface. Rugose means wrinkled. This one is broken down the middle and shows the radiating pattern of the septae looking like bicycle spokes. both of these types of coral are now extinct.