Szecseny (Oligocene of Hungary)

Where: Hungary (48.1° N, 19.5° E: paleocoordinates 46.0° N, 18.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Chattian (28.1 - 23.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified sandstone and lithified claystone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: core,

Primary reference: G. Hegedus. 1959. Magyarorszagi Oligocen korallok [Oligocene corals from Hungary]. A Magyar Allami Földtani Intezet Evi Jelentese 231-261 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 124378: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 14.02.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Micrabaciidae
Stephanophyllia sp. Michelin 1841 stony coral
Stephanophyllia cf. elegans Bronn 1837 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Flabellidae
Flabellum sp. Lesson 1831 stony coral
Flabellum tuberculatum Keferstein 1859 stony coral
Flabellum cristatum Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stony coral