Central Paratethyan Middle Miocene organophosphatic brachiopods (Lingulidae, Discinidae) from Tekeres (Mecsek Hills, Southern Hungary)

Dulai, Alfréd and Szabó, Márton (2025) Central Paratethyan Middle Miocene organophosphatic brachiopods (Lingulidae, Discinidae) from Tekeres (Mecsek Hills, Southern Hungary). FRAGMENTA PALAEONTOLOGICA HUNGARICA, 40. pp. 101-113. ISSN 1586-930X

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Abstract

Organophosphatic brachiopods are among the rare fossils in the Miocene of Hungary. In the Mecsek Hills of Southern Hungary, a new Badenian site recently discovered near the village of Tekeres has yielded some brachiopods in addition to the rich mollusc and fish remains. Most of the brachiopods belong to the family Platidiidae, but some organophosphatic specimens were also found. Although these are very small and mostly fragmentary, they provide important new data on the Middle Miocene Linguliformea brachiopods of the Central Paratethys. Based on a juvenile Lingula cf. dregeri Andreae, 1893 shell, Tekeres is the second site in Hungary from where Miocene Linguloidea remains are known. Three Discinoidea fragments belong to the species Discinisca cf. leopolitana (Friedberg, 1921), based on their external ornamentation consisting of concentric growth lines; this is the first known record of this species in Hungary. For both species, a schematic palaeogeographic map shows their currently known distribution in the Badenian Central Paratethys Sea. With 9 figures.

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