Zdounky, Moravia (Eocene of Czech Republic)

Also known as Reef 3518

Where: Czech Republic (49.2° N, 17.3° E: paleocoordinates 46.4° N, 12.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Eocene (56.0 - 33.9 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone and lithified conglomerate

• small patch reefs or coral carpets on intrabasinal highs, redeposited in slumps

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: H. Eliasova. 1974. Hexacorallia et octocorallia du Paleogene des Carpates externes [Paleogene corals of the Outer Carpathians]. Sbornik Geologickych Ved, Palaeontologie 16:105-156 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 69521: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 27.02.2007

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Helioporacea - Helioporidae
"Polytremacis bellardii" = Parapolytremacis bellardii
"Polytremacis bellardii" = Parapolytremacis bellardii Haime 1852
 Scleractinia - Mussidae
Matejkia gigantea Eliasova 1974 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Plavecia submenilitica Eliasova 1974 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Faviidae
Favia profunda Reuss 1872 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Dendrogyriidae
Ixogyra ypsiloni Eliasova 1974 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Fungiidae
Hydnophyllon splendidum Eliasova 1974 stony coral
Leptophyllon barocum Eliasova 1974 stony coral
Reussiphyllon reisi Eliasova 1974 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae
Lobopsammia cariosa Goldfuss 1827 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Stylophora cf. compressa Duncan 1873 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae
Stylocoenia saxulensis d'Achiardi 1868 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Astreopora hexaphylla Felix 1906 stony coral
Astreopora decaphylla Reuss 1868 stony coral