Bükkzserc (Eocene of Hungary)

Where: Hungary (48.0° N, 20.5° E: paleocoordinates 43.6° N, 18.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Eocene (37.2 - 33.9 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: G. Kolosvary. 1956. A Bükkhegyseg Eocen Koralljai [Eocene corals from the Bükk Mountains]. Földtani Közlöny 86:67-85 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 123904: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 01.02.2012

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Agathiphylliidae
"Circophyllia annulata" = Pattalophyllia grumi
"Circophyllia annulata" = Pattalophyllia grumi Catullo 1852 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Euphylliidae
Euphyllia contorta stony coral
 Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Discoidocyathus eocaenicus n. gen. n. sp. Kolosvary 1956 stony coral
Trochocyathus sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Placosmilia bilobata d'Achiardi 1868 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Hydnophyllia sp. Reis 1889 stony coral
Hydnophyllia collinaria Catullo 1856 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Mussidae
Circophyllia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Circophyllia cf. costata Alloiteau 1949 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Astreopora annulata d'Achiardi 1875 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae
Astrocoenia subreticulata d'Achiardi 1875 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Stylophora distans Leymerie 1846 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Calamophylliidae
Calamophyllia subtilis Oppenheim 1901 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Agariciidae
"Cyathoseris dinarica" = Leptoseris dinarica, Cyathoseris formosa, "Podabacia cf. patula" = Cyathoseris patula
"Cyathoseris dinarica" = Leptoseris dinarica Oppenheim 1901 stony coral
Cyathoseris formosa d'Achiardi 1875 stony coral
"Podabacia cf. patula" = Cyathoseris patula Michelotti 1861 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Acrosmiliidae
"Leptophyllia dubravitzensis" = Acrosmilia dubravitzensis, "Leptophyllia sp." = Acrosmilia
"Leptophyllia dubravitzensis" = Acrosmilia dubravitzensis Oppenheim 1901 stony coral
"Leptophyllia sp." = Acrosmilia d'Orbigny 1849 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Fungiidae
Podabacia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral
Cycloseris perezi Haime 1850 stony coral
Cycloseris brazzanensis Oppenheim 1901 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Actinacididae
Actinacis sp. d'Orbigny 1849 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Cunnolitidae
"Cyclolites rhomboideus" = Cunnolites rhomboideus
"Cyclolites rhomboideus" = Cunnolites rhomboideus Oppenheim 1901 stony coral