Author(s): Erdei, B. & Magyari, E.
Title: Late Miocene plant remains from Bükkábrány, Hungary
Year: 2011
Volume: 42
Pages: 135-151.
Abstract: Plant macrofossils and palynomorphs from the remarkable fossil site of the “buried Miocene
forest” at the opencast lignite mine of Bükkábrány (NE Hungary) were studied and
preliminary results are presented. Palynological samples suggest a basically forested landscape
with predominantly warm temperate arboreal elements that prevailed during the
formation of the upper lignite seam underlying the upright trunks, as well as an intervening
open water phase represented by clay intercalations. The study of the pollen flora indicates
the dominance of swamp forest elements with taxodiaceous conifers and presumes
more diverse warm-temperate forests at higher elevations. The macrofossil record (leaves,
fruits, seeds) supports the earlier assumptions of xylotomical studies and attests a relatively
low-diversity swamp forest with probably long hydroperiod fringing the northern
embayment of Lake Pannon.Keywords: Late Miocene, Bükkábrány, fossil plants, Lake Pannon
Subject: botany
Journal: Studia botanica hungaricaJournal abbreviation: Studia bot. hung.ISSN: 0301-7001Publisher: Hungarian Natural History Museum, BudapestEditor(s): Papp, B., Lőkös, L. & Fuisz, T. I.