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Fossil Coral Reef at Oakes Quarry Park in Fairborn, Ohio

The fossil coral reefs exposed at the Oakes Quarry Park in Fairborn, Ohio are among the oldest Silurian fossil reefs in the United States. These reefs formed during the important transitional time in the history of reefs, when corals were becoming more important as reef frame builders. The coral-stromatoporoid reef…

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