Identification of fossil trunks from Bükkábrány newly installed in the Visitor Centre of the Ipolytarnóc Fossils Nature Reserve (Novohrad – Nógrád Geopark) in Northern Hungary

Abstract

The Late Miocene forest was discovered in the opencast lignite mine of Bükkábrány which is situated in the foothills of the Bükk Mountains (NE Hungary). Sixteen stumps were exposed upright in 2007 at their original position.

Five stumps were installed in the Ipolytarnóc Fossils Nature Reserve. They are identified in the present paper.

Keywords

• Glyptostroboxylon
• Taxodioxylon
• Late Miocene
• xylite
• Hungary