A Waulsortian mudmound is a calcareous formation found in Early Carboniferous strata of Central Europe. It is a type of fossil rich bioconstruction, built by microbial activity in deep tropical waters during the mid-Dinantian. Mud mounds are a high relief, biologically mediated seafloor deposit similar to a reef, but unlike a true reef a mud mound is made almost entirely of uncemented, mud sized matrix grains, and its isolated fossils do not form a supporting skeletal framework.
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A Waulsortian mudmound is a calcareous geographical feature found in Early Carboniferous strata of Central Europe
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