Beczyn (Miocene of Poland)

Where: Poland (49.9° N, 19.7° E: paleocoordinates 49.4° N, 19.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Badenian (13.7 - 12.7 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; claystone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: M. Moenke. 1953. Koralowce z ilow tortonskich Beczyna [Corals from the Tortonian clay of Beczyn]. Acta Geologica Polonica 3(2):239-276 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 123733: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 27.01.2012

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites leptoclada Reuss 1871 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Oculinidae
Oculina parvistella Reuss 1871 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Faviidae
Favia friedbergi Dembinska-Rozkowska 1932 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Turbinoliidae
"Discotrochus duncani" = Peponocyathus duncani
"Discotrochus duncani" = Peponocyathus duncani Reuss 1871 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Caryophyllia sp., "Coenocyathus crassus" = Caryophyllia salinaria, "Acanthocyathus transilvanicus" = Caryophyllia (Acanthocyathus) transilvanicus, Deltocyathus italicus, Trochocyathus affinis, "Thecocyathus microphyllus" = Trochocyathus microphyllus
Caryophyllia sp. Lamarck 1801 stony coral
"Coenocyathus crassus" = Caryophyllia salinaria Reuss 1847 stony coral
"Acanthocyathus transilvanicus" = Caryophyllia (Acanthocyathus) transilvanicus Reuss 1871 stony coral
Deltocyathus italicus Michelotti 1838 stony coral
"Thecocyathus microphyllus" = Trochocyathus microphyllus Reuss 1871 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Flabellidae
Flabellum zejszneri Dembinska-Rozkowska 1932 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae
Dendrophyllia taurinensis Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Balanophyllia aff. varians Reuss 1854 stony coral
"Eupsammia irregularis" = Balanophyllia irregularis Seguenza 1864 stony coral