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

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