FASCICULI INSTITUTI GEOLOGICI HUNGARIAE AD ILLUSTRANDAM NOTIONEM GEOLOGICAM ET PALAEONTOLOGICAM GEOLOGICA HUNGARICA SERIES PALAEONTOLOGICA FASCICULUS 56 The Late Miocene Flora of Hungary by: LILLA HABLY BUDAPEST, 2013 © Copyright Geological and Geophysical Institute of Hungary (Magyar Földtani és Geofizikai Intézet), 2013 All rights reserved! Minden jog fenntartva! Reviewer: BOGLÁRKA ERDEI Technical editor and DTP: OLGA PIROS Cover design: On the front cover: Published by the Geological and Geophysical Institute of Hungary — Kiadja a Magyar Földtani és Geofizikai Intézet Responsible editor: TAMÁS FANCSIK Director This book has been subsidized by the Committee on Publishing Scientific Books and Periodicals of Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Sponsored by Directorate of the National Hungarian Natural The Hungarian Scientific Cultural Fund of Hungary History Museum Research Fund Hantken Alapítvány HU ISSN 0374–1893 ISBN 978-963-671-278-5 Geologica Hungarica series Palaeontologica, Fasciculus 59 3 Contents Introduction . Acknowledgement . Historical overview . Geological background . The Upper Miocene of Hungary - an introduction . Palaeogeography . Sedimentary environments and lithostratigraphy . Chronostratigraphy and geochronology . Palaeobotanical localities: geology, fossils, flora, vegetation and environment . Alcsút . Aranyosgadány . Balatonszentgyörgy . Bükkábrány . Cserszegtomaj . Diszel-Hajagos . Diszel - Kula Hill . Dozmat . Felsőtárkány . Gyöngyös - Silbermann Mine . Győr-Sashegy . Hatvan . Hévíz . Hosszúpereszteg . Iharosberény . Karmacs . Kerecsend . Mindszentkálla . Pécs-Danitzpuszta . Pécs-Nagyárpád . Rózsaszentmárton . Rudabánya . Sé . Sótony . Tihany-Fehérpart . Tiszapalkonya . Visonta . Taphonomy . Systematic descriptions . Selaginellaceae . 4 LILLA HABLY Selaginella sp. Equisetaceae . Equisetum sp. Polypodiaceae . Pronephrium stiriacum (UNGER)KNOBLOCH & KVAČEK . Osmundaceae . Osmunda parschlugiana (UNGER)ANDREÁNSZKY . Salviniaceae . ..