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Serpulid microbialitic bioherms from the upper Sarmatian (Middle Miocene) of the central Paratethys Sea (NW Hungary) – witnesses of a microbial sea
Mathias Harzhauser
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Geologisch-Paläontologische Abteilung, Naturhistorisches Museum Wien, Burgring 7, 1014 Vienna, Austria
Bereich Geologie und Paläontologie, Institut für Erdwissenschaften, Universität Graz, Heinrichstraße 26, 8010 Graz, Austria
Oleg Mandic
Geologisch-Paläontologische Abteilung, Naturhistorisches Museum Wien, Burgring 7, 1014 Vienna, Austria
Werner E. Piller
Bereich Geologie und Paläontologie, Institut für Erdwissenschaften, Universität Graz, Heinrichstraße 26, 8010 Graz, Austria
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Bowl-shaped spirorbid microbialite bioherms formed during the late Middle Miocene (Sarmatian) in the central Paratethys Sea under a warm, arid climate. The microbialites and the surrounding sediment document a predominance of microbial activity in the shallow marine environments of the sea at that time. Modern microbialites are not analogues for these unique structures, which reflect a series of growth stages with an initial “start-up stage”, massive “keep-up stage” and termination of growth.
Bowl-shaped spirorbid microbialite bioherms formed during the late Middle Miocene (Sarmatian) in...
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