Obuda, Budapest, coral-algal mud-mound (Eocene of Hungary)

Also known as Reef 828

Where: Hungary (47.6° N, 19.0° E: paleocoordinates 43.3° N, 16.7° 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: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified bindstone and lithified bafflestone

• below wave base
• algal-coral-bind/bafflestone in bioclastic wacke/packstone matrix

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Collection methods: core,

Primary reference: M. Kazmer. 1985. Microfacies pattern of the Upper Eocene limestones at Budapest, Hungary. Annales Universitatis Scientiarum Budapestinensis, Sectio Geologica 25:139-152 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 69699: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 02.03.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Echinoidea
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Echinoidea indet.
Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin
Bryozoa
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Bryozoa indet.
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpula sp.
Serpula sp. Linnaeus 1758
Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet.
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
Bivalvia
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Bivalvia indet.
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam
Anthozoa
 Hexacorallia -
Scleractinia indet.
Scleractinia indet. Bourne 1900 stony coral
Florideophyceae
 Corallinales - Corallinophycidae
Lithoporella sp., Ethelia sp.
Lithoporella sp. Foslie 1909
Ethelia sp. Weber-van Bosse 1921
 Hapalidiales - Corallinophycidae
Melobesioideae indet., ? Mesophyllum sp.
Melobesioideae indet. Bizzozero 1885
? Mesophyllum sp. Lemoine 1930
 Sporolithales - Corallinophycidae
? Hemiphyllum sp.
? Hemiphyllum sp. Lemoine 1969
Foraminifera
 Lituolida - Lituolidae
? Haddonia sp.
Globothalamea
 Loftusiida - Acervulinidae
Sphaerogypsina sp., Gypsina sp.
Sphaerogypsina sp. Galloway 1933
Gypsina sp. Carter 1877
Foraminifera
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Exagonocyclina sp.
Exagonocyclina sp. Checchia-Rispoli 1909
 Nummulitacea - Discocyclinidae
Asterocyclina sp., Discocyclina sp.
 Nummulitacea - Nummulitidae
Nummulites sp., Operculina sp., Heterostegina sp.
Nummulites sp. Lamarck 1801
Heterostegina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
 Asterigerinacea - Asterigerinidae
Asterigerina sp.
Asterigerina sp. d'Orbigny 1839
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Miliolidae
Pyrgo sp.
Pyrgo sp. Defrance 1824
 Miliolida - Hauerinidae
Quinqueloculina sp.
Quinqueloculina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
Foraminifera
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Eorupertia sp.