Zdounky, Moravia: Eocene, Czech Republic

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Helioporacea - Helioporidae
Polytremacis bellardii (Haime 1852)
2 specimens
recombined as Parapolytremacis bellardii
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Astreopora decaphylla Reuss 1868
3 specimens
Astreopora perexigua
2 specimens
    = Astreopora hexaphylla Felix 1906
Baron-Szabo 2006
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Stylophora cf. compressa Duncan 1873
1 specimen
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae
Stylocoenia saxulensis d'Achiardi 1868
4 specimens
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Fungiidae
Reussiphyllon reisi Eliasova 1974
1 specimen
Leptophyllon barocum Eliasova 1974
23 specimens
Hydnophyllon splendidum Eliasova 1974
8 specimens
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae
Lobopsammia cariosa (Goldfuss 1827)
50 specimens
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Mussidae
Matejkia gigantea Eliasova 1974
3 specimens
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Faviidae
Favia profunda Reuss 1872
5 specimens
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Plavecia submenilitica Eliasova 1974
2 specimens
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Dendrogyriidae
Ixogyra ypsiloni Eliasova 1974
3 specimens
see common names

Geography
Country:Czech Republic
Coordinates: 49.2° North, 17.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:46.4° North, 12.9° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 2-3
Key time interval:Eocene
Age range of interval:56.00000 - 33.90000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Secondary lithology: lithified conglomerate
Lithology description: small patch reefs or coral carpets on intrabasinal highs, redeposited in slumps
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:peel or thin section,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Reef 3518
Database number:69521
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Modifier:U. Merkel Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2007-02-27 06:16:33 Last modified:2007-03-06 05:00:04
Access level:the public Released:2007-02-27 06:16:33
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

23338. 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]

Secondary references:

17708 R. Baron-Szabo. 2006. Corals of the K/T-boundary: scleractinian corals of the suborders Astrocoeniina, Faviina, Rhipidogyrina and Amphiastraeina. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 4(1):1-108 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]