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Karbon Sudetów w świetle nowych wyników badań biostratygraficznych

Górecka-Nowak Anna, Muszer Jolanta, Maćko Adrianna

Przegląd Geologiczny

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2025

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Vol. 73, nr 9

776--783

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The paper presents geological implications of new results of biostratigraphic studies (mainly palynostratigraphic) of Carboniferous rocks from the central part of the Sudetes. They brought important changes in stratigraphy, most often showing younger age of studied rocks than it was believed earlier. The onset of sedimentation in the Intra-Sudetic Basin, initially in the continental environment, was not earlier than in the middle Visean. Marine sediments, previously considered to be a manifesta¬tion of the Late Viseanian transgression, were found to be diachronic (from the late Visean to the Namurian C). Among profiles of the Szczawno Formation and its lithologic equivalents that were previously considered to be Upper Visean, only two profiles: Ptasia Góra in the Intra-Sudetic Basin and Paprotnia in the Bardo Unit, represent the uppermost Visean. Most of the other profiles from the Wałbrzych region turned out to represent the Namurian A (Serpukhovian) or even Namurian B and C (Bashkirian age) in the case of some profiles in the Sowie Mountains Massif. The late Visean-early Namurian (Serpukhovian) age range also encompasses marine mudstones from the southern part of the Świebodzice Unit, which were previously considered Late Devonian. This discovery is of great importance for the model of development of the Świebodzice Unit. Consequently, the timing of the marine sedimentation in different geological units of the middle part of the Sudetes should be revised. The coal bearing rocks of the Wałbrzych Formation, analysed in the study, are of Namurian A (upper Serpukhovian and lower Bashkirian) age. The Biały Kamień Formation was included in the Namurian B and C and Westphalian A (Bashkirian), the Żacler Formation - in the Westphalian A-C (Bashkirian and Moscovian), and the Glinik Formation - in the Westphalian D(?). The documentation of successive miospore zones from VF to OT(?) indicates that there are no stratigraphic gaps in the Upper Visean-Westphalian D (?) interval in the Intra-Sudetic Basin. The problem of the chronostratigraphic significance of miospores dating the Walchia shales in the Intra-Sudetic Basin and the need to reinterpret the location of the Carboniferous/Permian boundary are also discussed.

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The first records of Pictonautilus Branger, 2004 (Cephalopoda: Nautiloidea) from the Upper Bathonian – ? Lower Callovian (Middle Jurassic) of Germany and Poland

Schweigert Günter, Haye Tim, Stössel Iwan

Volumina Jurassica

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2024

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Vol. 22

1--12

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The rare Middle Jurassic nautilid genus Pictonautilus Branger, 2004 is reported for the first time from Upper Bathonian strata of SW Germany and from Upper Bathonian – ? Lower Callovian beds of S Poland. The new specimens can be assigned to the type species P. verciacensis (Lissajous, 1923) and point to a larger maximum size than previously expected. Although the new findings expand the geographic range of this genus, its phyletic origin remains unknown. From its original description and illustration, Nautilus (Paracenoceras) wilmae Jeannet, 1951, from the Lower Callovian of Switzerland, was suspected to represent another species of Pictonautilus. After study of the holotype, however, this taxon is considered a junior subjective synonym of “Paracenoceras” calloviense (Oppel, 1857). Another specimen from the Lower Callovian of SW Germany cited as Nautilus (Paracenoceras) wilmae Jeannet, 1951 was misidentified and represents the first hitherto recognized record of the dwarfish Paracenoceras dorsoexcavatum (Parona, Bonarelli, 1895) from Europe besides the holotype from Savoy.

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Suevisphinctes – a new perisphinctid ammonite genus from the Lower Tithonian (Hybonotum Zone) of Southern Germany

Scherzinger Armin, Schweigert Günter, Parent Horacio, Főzy István

Volumina Jurassica

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2024

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Vol. 22

13--24

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A new Upper Jurassic perisphinctid ammonite genus, Suevisphinctes (type species: Suevisphinctes josefkelleri nov. gen., nov. sp.), is established. At present, it is recorded from the laisackerensis biohorizon (Early Tithonian, Hybonotum Zone, Rueppellianus Subzone) of SW Germany. A historical ammonite specimen of supposed Tithonian age from the Polish Klippen of Iskrzyczyn may be assigned to Suevisphinctes as well and thus indicates a possible Tethyan origin of this enigmatic genus.

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Liliowce (Crinoidea, Echinodermata) jako wskaźniki biostratygraficzne : przykłady z mezozoiku

Salamon Mariusz A., Niedźwiedzki Robert, Płachno Bartosz J.

Przegląd Geologiczny

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2024

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Vol. 72, nr 12-1

665--670

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The biostratigraphic potential of Mesozoic crinoids (Crinoidea, Echinodermata) is less than that of many groups of nektonic or planktonic organisms, especially for age correlation on a supraregional scale. Only the Cretaceous stemless crinoids, both planktonic (Roveacrinids) and some benthic (Uintacrinus and Marsupites), are important in bio¬stratigraphy on a supraregional scale. Other benthic crinoids can be used basin). Many data indicate that some crinoids, including stalked crinoids, can be successfully used in Mesozoic biostratigraphic correlations of marine sediments when standard index fossils such as ammonites, conodonts, nannoplankton and foraminifers are lacking or they are rare in a given region. The paper briefly presents a discussion on the stratigraphic potential of stalked crinoids using Mesozoic taxa as an example, and provides new literature data on the importance of Mesozoic stemless crinoids for dating rocks.

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Palaeoenvironmental indices (calpionellids, gamma-ray spectrometry, magnetic susceptibility) in the Berriasian of the Tisza Mega-unit (Lipse-tető section, Mecsek Mts, Hungary) and the Central Western Carpathians (lower Sub-Tatric succession, Tatra Mts, Poland) – a comparison

Grabowski Jacek, Lodowski Damian Gerard, Pszczółkowski Andrzej, Chadimová Leona, Császár Geza, Sobień Katarzyna, Szinger Balázs

Acta Geologica Polonica

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2024

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Vol. 74, no. 4

art. no. e27

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Calpionellid stratigraphy, magnetic susceptibility (MS) and gamma-ray spectrometry (GRS) have been investigated in the Berriasian pelagic limestones of ca. 21 m thick interval from the Lipse-tető section (Mecsek Mts, southern Hungary, Tisza Mega-unit). The section covers the lower and upper Berriasian (Calpionella and Calpionellopsis Zones respectively), however due to a thrust fault, the upper part of the Calpionella elliptica Subzone and the lower part of the Calpionellopsis simplex Subzone (lower/upper Berriasian boundary interval) were not documented. Reslults of GRS measurements reveal contrasting trends, with low detrital input (K, Th) and elevated Th/K ratio through the lower Berriasian, as well as relatively high detrital input and decreased Th/K ratio within the upper Berriasian. The differences occur also in the calpionellid frequencies and species richness: assemblages rich in Calpionella alpina dominate in the lower Berriasian, whilst more diversified yet less abundant associations characterize the upper Berriasian. Trends in palaeoenvironmental proxies correspond well with data from the Lower Sub-Tatric succession (Pośrednie-Rówienka composite section, Tatra Mts, Poland). The palaeoenvironmental change between the early and late Berriasian is most probably related to palaeoclimate (arid to humid transition), and fertility (from oligo- to mesotrophic regime). Trends documented in Th/K ratio might have been controlled by the intensity of aeolian transportation. As revealed by previous studies, the consistent record of palaeoenvironmental changes in both the Tisza Mega-unit and the Central Western Carpathians might be observed also in the middle Jurassic sediments.

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Zasady klasyfikacji stratygraficznej czwartorzędu Polski i jej główne kategorie

Marks Leszek

Przegląd Geologiczny

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2023

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Vol. 71, nr 10

485--502

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A reliable stratigraphic subdivision of the Quaternary is extremely important, dependent firstly on primary significance of its deposits in geological investigations and every-day life of human societies. In the Cenozoic, the Quaternary is a period of the same stratigraphic rank as the Palaeogene and the Neogene, but it is much shorter. Traditional stratigraphic schemes of the Quaternary were based mostly on other criteria than of the older periods, because studies of the Quaternary were focused mainly on more easily accessible terrestrial deposits and a decisive role in their formation was played by climate-induced processes. These factors forced a specific approach to define the stratigraphic units and to create the stratigraphic subdivisions of the Quaternary. In the Quaternary investigations in Poland, several categories of stratigraphic classification are used, particularly lithostratigraphy (with pedostratigraphy and cryostratigraphy), morphostratigraphy, biostratigraphy (including palynostratigraphy, malacostratigraphy, teriostratigraphy and anthropostratigraphy), magnetostratigraphy, chronostratigraphy (synchronized with geochronology) and climatostratigraphy (combined with oxygen isotope stratigraphy). The main climatostratigraphic units can be treated as corresponding to the chronostratigraphic ones and it enables correlation in a regional and global scale. Acritical overview of the applied stratigraphic categories and the updated stratigraphic subdivision are presented for Poland.

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New biostratigraphical and geochemical data from the mélange complexes of the Meliata Unit s.s., Čoltovo village (Western Carpathians, Slovakia)

Matejová Marína Molčan, Potočný Tomáš, Plašienka Dušan

Geotourism / Geoturystyka

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2023

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nr 1-2 (72-73)

52--52

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The surrounding of the Čoltovo village is a well-known location related to the Meliata Superunit (especially Meliata Unit s.s.). The Meliata Unit is represented by intricate mélange complexes linked to the closure of the ancient Meliata Ocean, as a significant part of the Western Carpathians geological story. In general, Meliata complexes are divided into HP/LT Permian to Jurassic metamorphosed clastic sediments, carbonates and basic volcanics (Bôrka Nappe) and complexes of “mixed chaos” of the Jurassic low grade shales with huge Triassic olistostrome bodies (Meliata Unit s.s.), the latter being the main subject of this work. Outcrops near the village of Čoltovo along the slopes of the W–E trend on the Slaná River bank provided limited information only. Therefore, new parts were excavated in March/2022. After removal of debris, the very complex internal structure of the mélange can be clearly detectable. This new section is composed of six individual outcrops (ČLP1 to ČLP6 from left to right) and consists of two contrasting lithological parts. The eastern part is mainly characterized by strongly weathered gray fine-grained shales and tuffs containing blocks of lithologically variable rocks. These are mainly represented by basic volcanics and dark coarse-grained Jurassic crinoidal limestones. The western part of the section consists of red and white fine-grained siliciclastics with basic volcanic material, and blocks of dark red, green and purple radiolarites. In the upper parts of the outcrops, layers of dark crinoidal limestones, shales and conglomerates of the Jurassic age are present. The connection between these beds and the mélange is documented by their presence as blocks in the left part of the section. The mélange complexes are overstepped by the Lower Miocene organodetritic limestones, sandstones and breccias (Bretka Beds). Three samples from the western part of the new outcrops gave identifiable Middle Triassic radiolarians. In addition, an old outcrop to the east of the newly excavated section, provided a productive sample with Upper Triassic radiolarian microfauna. Our research was also focused on geochemical analyses of radiolaria-bearing siliciclastics and basic volcanics, aiming at understanding the palaeoenvironment of the Meliata Ocean. All of the sediment samples gave similar results, which point to shallow marine environment, close to the continental margin. The geochemical data indicate a mature continental sedimentary provenance. Based on these data, we interpret the source of the samples located to the north of the Meliata Ocean (possibly Permian clastics of the Gemer Unit). Basic volcanics sample from the right side of the section confirms basalt/basaltic andesite composition. From the study of the Čoltovo section it seems the sedimentary matrix of the olistostrome probably originated from a passive continental margin and it is mixed with advanced ophiolite-bearing nappes within a Jurassic accretionary mélange (Meliata Unit s.s.).

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Early Triassic conodonts in Western Tethys

Kolar-Jurkovšek Tea

Geotourism / Geoturystyka

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2023

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nr 1-2 (72-73)

36--36

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Conodonts are phosphatic, tooth-like elements of extinct jawless vertebrates that are classified in the independent class Conodonta. Due to their rapid evolution, wide palaeogeographic distribution and high resistance, conodonts are one of the most significant microfossil groups in the biostratigraphy of the Paleozoic and Triassic. Animals with conodonts were bilaterally symmetrical, exclusively marine organisms, where they inhabited a variety of habitats. These include both open sea habitats, whereas some species adapted to shallow habitats of epicontinental seas. For this reason, conodonts are extremely important for understanding of the palaeoecological and palaeogeographic conditions of the Paleozoic and Triassic. They were unquestionably one of the most successful animal groups, since they existed more than 300 million years and their elements are widely used as index fossils. Conodonts have shown their value for Triassic biostratigraphy. Based on international criteria the Permian-Triassic system boundary is defined with the first appearance of the conodont species Hindeodus parvus (Kozur & Pjatakova). The Permian-Triassic interval strata of the GSSP section in Meishan (China) are next to the platform-bearing gondolellids marked by the presence of Hindeodus-Isarcicella population that enabled to introduce also a conodont zonation for shallow facies. A standard conodont zonation is, except for the two lowermost Triassic zones, based on gondolellid genera that lived in deeper water: Clarkina, Sweetospathodus, Neospathodus, Novispathodus, Borinella, Scythogondolella, Icriospathodus, Triassospathodus and Chiosella. Certain Dienerian and Smithian strata of Western Tethys are marked by shallow water and euryhaline genera and due to the absence of global biozonation markers, a stratigraphic value of some genera (Hadrodontina, Pachycladina, Eurygnathodus, Foliella, Platyvillosus) is recognized. These shallow water genera were ecologically controlled (temperature, oxygen levels) that have been adapted to the epicontinental ramp environment and were particulary instrumental in forming the western part of the Tethyan province.

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Investigation of litho-biostratigraphic characteristics and geographical distribution of Coniacian-Santonian formations: a case study in the Aures Mountains, eastern Saharan Atlas, Algeria

Bentahar Fahima, Defaflia Nabil, Benmansour Sana, Fehdi Chemseddine

Geomatics, Landmanagement and Landscape

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2023

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no. 3

73--94

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The Coniacian-Santonian series in the Aures Mountains of northeastern Algeria is characterized by marly-dominated sedimentation processes. This study aims to comprehensively investigate this series by combining lithostratigraphic and biostratigraphic data. The unique paleogeographic position of the Aures basin supports the co-occurrence of diverse paleontological contents in the Upper Cretaceous sediments. The methodology employed in this study includes a detailed bio-lithostratigraphic analysis to subdivide the Coniacian-Santonian series into two distinct sets. The first set comprises alternating marl-limestone units that exhibit a high fossil concentration from the Coniacian age, while the second set mainly consists of marly sediments corresponding to the Santonian age. The results obtained from this study highlight the geographical distribution of litho-biostratigraphic characteristics and reveal the presence of two formations. The lower formation is characterized by carbonated marls intercalated with limestone banks, containing fossils of Peroniceras (Tissotia tissoto) from the Coniacian age. Meanwhile, the upper formation is predominantly marly and indicates the Santonian age by displaying fossils of Palcenticeras polypsis. Furthermore, a biostratigraphic analysis focused on foraminifers allows for the subdivision of the Coniacian-Santonian series in the Aures Mountains into three distinct biozones. The first biozone corresponds to the lower Coniacian age and is identified by the presence of Dicarinella primitiva. The second biozone represents the middle to upper coniacian age and contains Dicarinella concavata fossils. Finally, the third biozone, belonging to the Santonian age, is marked by the occurrence of Dicarinella asymetrica. The boundary between the Coniacian and Santonian series in the Aures Mountains is characterized by the first appearance of Dicarinella asymetrica and Palcenticeras polypsis species. This multidisciplinary study provides valuable insights into the litho-biostratigraphic characteristics and geographical distribution of the Coniacian-Santonian series in the Aures Mountains. The findings make a significant contribution to a better understanding of sedimentary processes and the paleontological content within this region during the Upper Cretaceous period.

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Stratigraphy of the Albian-Cenomanian (Cretaceous) phosphorite interval in central Poland: a reappraisal

Machalski Marcin, Olszewska-Nejbert Danuta, Wilmsen Markus

Acta Geologica Polonica

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2023

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Vol. 73, no. 1

1--31

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Several closely-spaced phosphorite beds stand out at the Albian–Cenomanian transition in the mid-Cretaceous transgressive succession at the northeastern margin of the Holy Cross Mountains, central Poland. They form a distinctive condensed interval of considerable stratigraphical, palaeontological, and economic value. Here, we correlate the classical section at Annopol with a recently investigated section at Chałupki. We propose a new stratigraphic interpretation of the phosphorite interval, based on lithological correlations, Rare Earth Elements and Yttrium (REE+Y) signatures of phosphorites, age-diagnostic macrofossils, and sequence stratigraphic patterns. This interval has long been considered as exclusively Albian in age. However, new macrofossil data allow us to assign the higher phosphorite levels at Annopol and Chałupki, which were the primary target for the phosphate mining, to the lower Cenomanian. In terms of sequence stratigraphy, the phosphorite interval encompasses the depositional sequence DS Al 8 and the Lowstand System Tract of the successive DS Al/Ce 1 sequence. The proposed correlation suggests that lowstand reworking during the Albian–Cenomanian boundary interval played an important role in concentrating the phosphatic clasts and nodules to exploitable stratiform accumulations. Our conclusions are pertinent to regional studies, assessments of natural resources (in view of the recent interest in REE content of the phosphorites), and dating of the fossil assemblages preserved in the phosphorite interval. On a broader scale, they add to our understanding of the formation of stratiform phosphorite deposits.

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Integrated biostratigraphy and palaeoenvironments of the Upper Cretaceous in the Petrich section (Central Srednogorie Zone, Bulgaria)

Pavlishina Polina, Dochev Docho, Wagreich Michael, Koukal Veronika

Acta Geologica Polonica

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2023

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Vol. 73, no. 1

33--62

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The Upper Cretaceous succession (Coniacian to lowermost Maastrichtian, with focus on the Campanian) at Petrich, Central Srednogorie Zone in Bulgaria, is described and calibrated stratigraphically based on nannofossils, dinoflagellate cysts and inoceramids. The following standard nannofossil zones and subzones are identified: UC10-UC11ab (middle to upper Coniacian), UC11c-UC12-UC13 (uppermost Coniacian to Santonian), UC14a (lowermost Campanian), UC14bTP-UC15cTP (lower Campanian to ‘middle’ Campanian), UC15dTP-UC15eTP (upper Campanian), UC16aTP (of Thibault et al. 2016; upper part of the upper Campanian), and UC16b (Campanian-Maastrichtian boundary). The base of the Campanian is defined by the FO of Broinsonia parca parca (Stradner) Bukry, 1969 and Calculites obscurus (Deflandre) Prins and Sissingh in Sissingh, 1977 (a morphotype with a wide central longitudinal suture). The Areoligera coronata dinoflagellate cyst Zone (upper lower Campanian to upper upper Campanian) is identified, corresponding to the UC14bTP-UC16aTP nannofossil subzones. The inoceramid assemblage indicates the ‘Inoceramus’ azerbaydjanensis-‘Inoceramus’ vorhelmensis Zone, correlated within the interval of nannofossil subzones UC15dTP-UC15eTP. The composition of the dinoflagellate cyst assemblages and palynofacies pattern suggest normal marine, oxic conditions and low nutrient availability within a distal shelf to open marine depositional environment during the Campanian.

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Cysty Dinoflagellata z górnego kampanu i najniższego mastrychtu (górna kreda) profilu środkowej Wisły : stratygrafia i paleoekologia

Nechwedowicz Mariusz

Przegląd Geologiczny

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2022

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Vol. 70, nr 10

751--760

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Among the rich dinoflagellate cyst assemblages recovered from the upper Campanian-lowermost Maastrichtian succession of the Middle Vistula River section (central Poland), four taxa (Callaiosphaeridium bicoronatum, Odontochitina dilatata, Oligosphaeridium araneum and Samlandia paucitabulata) have been described as new. An analysis of the distribution of particular dinoflagellate cyst taxa enabled the development of a highly resolved biostratigraphic framework, calibrated against other biozonal schemes (based, among others, on inoceramid bivalves, ammonites and belemnites), formerly established for the succession. A comparison of the Middle Vistula River record with the dinoflagellate cyst ranges documented in other European successions enabled correlations with selected sections in Belgium, the Netherlands, southern Germany and northern Italy, and with the Campanian/Maastrichtian boundary stratotype section in Tercis les Bains, southwest France. A palaeoecological analysis of the dino- flagellate cyst assemblages and of other components of phytoplankton communities revealed a well-defined trend in sea-level fluctuations (likely of eustatic origin), and palaeoclimatic changes probably related to the latest Cretaceous cooling episode, as observed elsewhere.

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Stratigraphy and palaeoenvironments in the upper Turonian to lower Coniacian of the Saxonian Cretaceous Basin (Germany) - insights from calcareous and agglutinated foraminifers

Besen Richard M., Achilles Mareike, Alivernini Mauro, Voigt Thomas, Frenzel Peter, Struck Ulrich

Acta Geologica Polonica

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2022

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Vol. 72, no. 2

159--186

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Upper Turonian to lower Coniacian marls of the Strehlen Formation of the Graupa 60/1 core were investigated for their foraminiferal content to add stratigraphical and palaeoenvironmental information about the transitional facies zone of the Saxonian Cretaceous Basin. Further comparison with foraminiferal faunas of the Brausnitzbach Marl (Schrammstein Formation) were carried out to clarify its relationship to the marls of the Graupa 60/1 core. Tethyan agglutinated marker species for the late Turonian to early Coniacian confirm the proposed age of the marls of the Graupa 60/1 core and the Brausnitzbach Marl. The palaeoenvironment of the marls reflects middle to outer shelf conditions. The maximum flooding zones of genetic sequences TUR6, TUR7 and CON1 could be linked to acmes of foraminiferal species and foraminiferal morphogroups. In general, a rise of the relative sea-level can be recognised from the base to the top of the marls of the Graupa 60/1 core. While agglutinated foraminiferal assemblages suggest a generally high organic matter influx and variable but high productivity in the Graupa 60/1 core, the Brausnitzbach Marl deposition was characterized by moderate productivity and a generally shallower water depth.

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Calcareous nannofossil biostratigraphy and paleogeographic significance in the lower Maastrichtian of the Miechów Trough (southern Poland)

Ciołko Urszula, Gaździcka Elżbieta

Acta Geologica Polonica

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2022

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Vol. 72, no. 3

331--352

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Biostratigraphic analysis of calcareous nannofossils from the Pełczyska section in the Miechów Trough (southern Poland) has revealed that the entire section covers the lowermost Maastrichtian. The UC16bTP Tethyan subzone is designated based on the presence of Broinsonia parca constricta Hattner, Wind and Wise, 1980, reworked remains of Uniplanarius trifidus (Stradner) Hattner and Wise in Wind and Wise, 1983 and the simultaneous lack of Eiffellithus eximius (Stover) Perch-Nielsen, 1968. The studied section spans also the interval between the LO of Zeugrhabdotus praesigmoides Burnett, 1997 and the FO of Prediscosphaera mgayae Lees, 2007 (UC16 S3 Boreal subzone). Quantitative analysis of nannofossil assemblages has shown the dominance of cold water species (up to 50%), e.g., Micula decussata Vekshina, 1959, Prediscosphaera spp., Arkhangelskiella spp., Calculites obscurus (Deflandre) Prins and Sissingh in Sissingh, 1977 and Lucianorhabdus cayeuxii Deflandre, 1959. In the early Maastrichtian, the studied area was more influenced by cool water masses from the Boreal Province rather than by warm water from the Tethyan Province. The significant predominance of cold water taxa and the elevated presence of Prediscosphaera cretacea (Arkhangelsky) Gartner, 1968 also supports the hypothesis of climate cooling in the early Maastrichtian.

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Charakterystyka litofacjalna utworów jury górnej i kredy dolnej w rejonie Dąbrowa Tarnowska – Dębica w oparciu o interpretację danych sejsmicznych i otworowych

Urbaniec Andrzej

Prace Naukowe Instytutu Nafty i Gazu

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2021

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nr 232

1--240

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Głównym celem monografii jest odtworzenie historii depozycji i rozwoju facjalnego utworów górnej jury i dolnej kredy, występujących w podłożu zapadliska przedkarpackiego, w oparciu o dostępne dane z otworów wiertniczych oraz sejsmikę 3D. Rejon badań usytuowany jest w środkowej części przedgórza Karpat, pomiędzy miastami Dąbrowa Tarnowska na północnym zachodzie i Dębica na południowym wschodzie. Nowe dane, uzyskane w roku 2015, w postaci zdjęcia sejsmicznego 3D, jak również informacji z głębokiego otworu O-1 przewiercającego pełen profil utworów mezozoiku, pozwoliły na znacznie lepsze rozpoznanie i udokumentowanie wielu szczegółów budowy geologicznej tego, dotąd słabo rozpoznanego, rejonu. Sedymentacja badanych utworów węglanowych przedgórza Karpat w epokach późnojurajskiej i wczesnokredowej odbywała się w strefie szelfowej północnego, pasywnego brzegu oceanu Tetydy. Cechą charakterystyczną utworów górnej jury jest ich duże zróżnicowanie facjalne, wynikające głównie z obecności rozbudowanych kompleksów biohermowych oraz pakietów warstwowanych osadów marglisto-wapiennych. W rozdziale 2 przedstawiono budowę geologiczną rejonu badań, uwzględniając wszystkie piętra strukturalne, rozwój litologiczny utworów poszczególnych jednostek, stosowane podziały litostratygraficzne i regionalne ramy paleogeograficzne. W rozdziale 3 szczegółowo omówiona została historia badań oraz aktualny stan rozpoznania kompleksu węglanowego górnej jury i dolnej kredy przedgórza Karpat. Rozdział 4 zawiera charakterystykę litologiczną badanych utworów węglanowych z podziałem na jednostki litostratygraficzne. Charakterystyka ta opracowana została na podstawie analizy cech makroskopowych dostępnego materiału rdzeniowego oraz profilowań geofizyki otworowej. Zamieszczone profile litostratygraficzne wybranych głębokich otworów wiertniczych z obszaru badań lub jego bliskiego sąsiedztwa dokumentują obecny stan wiedzy na temat litostratygrafii i rozwoju facjalnego utworów górnej jury i dolnej kredy. W rozdziale 5 przedstawiono charakterystykę mikrofacjalną i mikropaleontologiczną badanych utworów węglanowych, jak również przeprowadzono dyskusję dotyczącą możliwości określenia zasięgu wiekowego poszczególnych wydzieleń litostratygraficznych w oparciu o wyniki wieloletnich badań oraz dane literaturowe. W rozdziale 6 zaprezentowano wyniki analizy obrazu sejsmicznego, wykonanej w oparciu o wybrane atrybuty sejsmiczne. W ramach pracy omówiono następujące atrybuty: RMS Amplitude, Envelope, Instantaneous phase, Dominant frequency, Instantaneous bandwidth, Apparent polarity, Relative acoustic impedance, First derivative, Iso-frequency component, Time gain, Chaos, Variance (Edge method), Local flatness. Przeprowadzona analiza pozwoliła na uzyskanie dodatkowych istotnych informacji odnośnie wykształcenia litologicznego i rozprzestrzenienia utworów poszczególnych ogniw litostratygraficznych, jak również dała możliwość uszczegółowienia lokalizacji dyslokacji. Na podstawie interpretacji zapisu sejsmicznego w obrębie badanego kompleksu skalnego udokumentowano również występowanie niezgodności kątowych, stref zaburzeń i deformacji związanych z tektoniką synsedymentacyjną oraz przypuszczalnych osadów spływów grawitacyjnych. W rozdziale 7 zamieszczono przekroje litofacjalne, skonstruowane wzdłuż wybranych przekrojów sejsmicznych, prezentujące przestrzenny rozkład i wzajemne relacje pomiędzy utworami poszczególnych ogniw litostratygaficzych. W rozdziale 8 przeanalizowano rozmieszczenie kompleksów biohermowych górnej jury względem morfologii podłoża jury. Analiza rozmieszczenia wykartowanych na podstawie zapisu sejsmicznego budowli organicznych, należących do serii wielkich bioherm gąbkowo-mikrobialnych, wskazuje na dwa główne obszary ich występowania, tj. rejon NW (kompleks biohermowy „N”), w którym występuje dosyć rozległy kompleks biohermowy, a jego dokładny zasięg jest trudny do ustalenia ze względu na późniejsze procesy regionalnej dolomityzacji oraz rejon centralny (kompleks biohermowy „S” w okolicach otworu O-1), w którym stwierdzono kompleks kilku wysokich budowli o dosyć stromych krawędziach. Rozdział 9 poświęcony jest zagadnieniu historii depozycyjnej późnojurajsko-wczesnokredowego basenu sedymentacyjnego przedgórza Karpat oraz omówieniu roli najważniejszych czynników wpływających na rozkład facji w obszarze badań. Wykazano, że cechą charakterystyczną znacznej części osadów jurajskich jest silnie diachroniczny charakter rozprzestrzenienia poszczególnych facji, uwarunkowany głównie paleogeomorfologią dna zbiornika sedymentacyjnego, jak również czynnikami lokalnymi, związanymi z tektoniką synsedymentacyjną. Seria gąbkowo-globuligerinowa, rozpoczynająca profil utworów górnej jury i reprezentująca najgłębszy etap sedymentacji w warunkach otwartego szelfu, cechuje się stosunkowo dużą jednorodnością wykształcenia na całym obszarze przedgórza. Kompleks biohermowy „S” rozwinął się w nadkładzie elewowanej strefy, złożonej z kilku mniejszych elementów tektonicznych, natomiast kompleks biohermowy „N” wykształcił się na rozległej, wyniesionej części strefy zrębowej, gdzie w podłożu występuje jeden główny blok tektoniczny. Intensywnie rozwijające się kompleksy biohermowe „N” i „S” wywierały coraz większy wpływ na dalszy rozwój sedymentacji osadów górnej jury w badanym rejonie, dostarczając jednocześnie materiału dla osadów redeponowanych w głębsze partie zbiornika w wyniku podmorskich spływów grawitacyjnych. W strefie przylegającej od SE do kompleksu biohermowego „S”, na profilach sejsmicznych dostrzegalny jest charakterystyczny, wysokoamplitudowy zapis obejmujący cały pakiet refleksów sejsmicznych o zmiennych kątach upadów. Częste zmiany polarności, dostrzegalne w obrębie tej strefy w odtworzeniu atrybutu Apparent polarity, podobnie jak i skrajnie zmienny zakres wartości atrybutu Relative acoustic impedance, świadczą o silnym zróżnicowaniu litologicznym tego kompleksu skalnego. W tytonie, w trakcie sedymentacji utworów serii koralowcowo-onkolitowej, nastąpiło wyraźne ujednolicenie warunków sedymentacji na całym obszarze przedgórza Karpat, związane głównie z zanikiem paleomorfologicznego zróżnicowania powierzchni dna morza. Przypuszczalnie w tym samym czasie miał miejsce kolejny etap reaktywacji dyslokacji, o czym świadczy powierzchnia niezgodności kątowej, i związane z nią efekty erozji osadów starszych. Rozprzestrzenione na całym obszarze badań utwory serii muszlowcowo-oolitowej dolnej reprezentują różnego typu płytkowodne środowiska sedymentacji (w tym środowisko równi pływowej, lagunowe i stref barierowych), jakie wykształciły się na obszarze przedgórza Karpat, na pograniczu późnej jury i wczesnej kredy. Środowisko sedymentacji utworów serii marglisto-muszlowcowej, datowanej na berias, określić można jako skrajnie płytkowodne, z facjami lagunowymi i wpływem środowisk brakicznych. Utwory najwyższych serii dolnej kredy (tj. mułowcowo-wapiennej i muszlowcowo-oolitowej górnej) reprezentują facje płytkomorskie związane z transgresją morską, która miała miejsce w walanżynie. Przedstawiona historia depozycyjna późnojurajsko-wczesnokredowego basenu sedymentacyjnego przedgórza Karpat, w połączeniu z opisem cech makroskopowych rdzeni wiertniczych, analizą mikrofacjalną i mikropaleontologiczną poszczególnych jednostek litostratygraficznych oraz interpretacją obrazu sejsmicznego, pozwala na kompleksową charakterystykę analizowanych utworów oraz wskazanie procesów mających największy wpływ na obecny charakter i stan zachowania badanych serii skalnych.

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The main subject of this monograph is a reconstruction of the history of deposition and facial development of Upper Jurassic and Lower Cretaceous deposits in the basement of the Carpathian Foredeep, based on data available from boreholes and a 3D seismic survey. The research area is located in the central part of the Carpathian Foreland, between two cities: Dąbrowa Tarnowska in the north-west and Dębica in the south-east. The new 3D seismic survey made in 2015 and the O-1 deep borehole – drilled in the same year and portraying a full profile of the Mesozoic sediments – allowed for much better recognition and documentation of many details of the geological structure of this previously poorly mapped area. The sedimentation of the carbonate formations of the Carpathian Foreland during the Late Jurassic and the Early Cretaceous took place in the shelf zone of the northern, passive margin of the Tethys Ocean. A characteristic feature of the Upper Jurassic sediments is their high facies diversity, due mainly to the presence of biohermal complexes and sets of layered marly-limestone sediments. Chapter 2 presents the geological structure of all structural stages in the area under study, including the lithological development, the lithostratigraphic divisions applied, and the regional palaeogeographic frameworks. Chapter 3 discusses both the history of research and the current state of knowledge regarding the Upper Jurassic and Lower Cretaceous carbonate sediments of the Carpathian Foreland. Chapter 4 describes the lithological characteristics of the carbonate sediments, considering lithostratigraphic units. This characterisation is based on a macroscopic examination of the available core material and analysis of the well logs. The lithostratigraphic profiles of selected deeper boreholes from the research area and its close vicinity document the current state of knowledge on lithostratigraphy and the facies development of the Upper Jurassic and Lower Cretaceous deposits. Chapter 5 features the microfacies and micropalaeontological characteristics of the carbonate sediments under study. Based on the results of many years of research and literature data, the possibilities of determining the age of every lithostratigraphic unit are discussed. Chapter 6 presents the analysis of the seismic 3D image based on selected seismic attributes. As part of the work, the following attributes are discussed: RMS Amplitude, Envelope, Instantaneous phase, Dominant frequency, Instantaneous bandwidth, Apparent polarity, Relative acoustic impedance, First derivative, Iso-frequency component, Time gain, Chaos, Variance (Edge method), and Local flatness. The analysis revealed additional important information regarding both the lithological development and the spatial range of sediments of individual lithostratigraphic units, at the same time facilitating the detailed location of fault zones. Based on the interpretation of the seismic image within the studied rock complex, the occurrence of angular unconformity, disturbance, and deformation zones related to synsedimentary tectonic as well as probable gravity-flow deposits are also documented. Chapter 7 presents lithofacial cross-sections constructed along selected seismic sections reflecting the spatial distribution and relationships between the sediments of individual lithostratigraphic units. Chapter 8 analyses the distribution of Upper Jurassic biohermal complexes in relation to the morphology of the Jurassic base surface. An analysis of the distribution of organic buildups belonging to the Huge Sponge-Microbial Bioherms Series, interpreted indirectly from seismic image, indicates two main areas where they can be found. These are the north-west part of the study area – where a quite extensive biohermal complex occurs (‘Complex N’), the exact range of which is difficult to determine due to later regional dolomitisation processes – and the area located in the central part of the seismic survey, where a complex of several very tall buildups with steep edges was found (‘Complex S’). Chapter 9 is devoted to the issue of the depositional history of the Late Jurassic–Early Cretaceous sedimentary basin of the Carpathian Foreland and to a discussion of the role of the most important factors influencing facies distribution in the research area. It has been shown that a characteristic feature of a large part of the Jurassic sediments is the strongly diachronic nature of the distribution of facies controlled by the varying bottom relief of the sedimentation basin and by some local factors related to synsedimentary tectonic episodes. The Sponge-Globuligerinid Series, beginning the profile of the Upper Jurassic sediments and representing the deepest sedimentation stage in the open shelf conditions, is characterised by a relatively high homogeneity of lithology in the whole Carpathian Foreland area. The ‘S’ biohermal complex developed over the elevated zone composed of several smaller tectonic elements, whilst the ‘N’ biohermal complex developed on a large, elevated part of the horst zone. The intensively developing ‘N’ and ‘S’ biohermal complexes affected successive deposition of the Late Jurassic sedimentary basin in the study area more and more. Those biohermal complexes were the source of the material redeposited into deeper parts of the sedimentary basin. On seismic profiles in the south-east neighbourhood of the ‘S’ biohermal complex, there is a characteristic high-amplitude record including the entire reflection set of variable dip angles. The frequent polarity changes which are visible within this zone in the Apparent polarity attribute, as well as the extremely variable range of values the Relative acoustic impedance attribute, prove the strong lithological differentiation of this rock complex. During the Tithonian time (sedimentation of the Coral-Oncolite Series), there was clear unification of the sedimentation conditions in the entire Carpathian Foreland area, mainly due to disappearance of the bottom relief diversity. At the same time another stage of dislocation reactivation occurred, as evidenced by the angular unconformity and the erosion traces of older sediments associated with this unconformity. The deposits of the Lower Shellbed-Oolite Series scattered throughout the research area represent various types of shallow-water sedimentation environments (including tidal, lagoon, and barrier zones) that developed in the Carpathian Foreland area on the borderline between the Late Jurassic and the Early Cretaceous. The sedimentation environment of the Marly-Shellbed Series dated to the Berriasian can be described as extremely shallow-water, with lagoon facies and under the influence of brackish environments. The sediments of the last two series of the Lower Cretaceous (i.e. the Mudstone-Limestone and Upper Shellbed-Oolite Series) represent the shallow-marine facies associated with marine transgression that took place during the Valanginian. The processes that have had the greatest impact on the current character and preservation of the rock series under study can be pinpointed and a comprehensive characterisation of these formations can be undertaken thanks to the depositional history of the Late Jurassic – Early Cretaceous sedimentary basin of the Carpathian Foreland presented herein, the macroscopic examination of the available core material, the microfacial and micropalaeontological analysis of individual lithostratigraphic units, and the interpretation of the seismic image.

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Burdigalian-Langhian foraminifera of the northwest High Zagros Thrust Belt, southwest Iran

Roozpeykar Asghar, Maghfouri Moghaddam Iraj, Yaazdi Mehdi, Yousefi Bijan

Geologos

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2021

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Vol. 27, No. 2

115--126

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The foraminiferal contents of the lower–middle Miocene succession exposed in three sections in north Nur Abad on the northwestern side of the High Zagros Thrust Belt were studied. Assemblages of larger foraminifera from these sections can be referred to Zone SBZ 25 (and the Miogypsina globulus and Miogypsina intermedia subzones), which correlates with the Burdigalian Stage. For the first time, planktonic foraminifera documented from the Nur Abad area document Langhian deposits in the High Zagros, the upper 20 metres of the upper Sayl Cheshmeh section being characterised by the occurrence of planktonic foraminifera such as Globigerina concinna (Reuss), Globigerina diplostoma (Reuss), Globigerinoides obliquus (Bolli), Orbulina bilobata (d’Orbigny) and O.universa (d’Orbigny). This association characterises the Orbulina suturalis Interval Zone.

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The microcrinoid taxonomy, biostratigraphy and correlation of the upper Fredericksburg and lower Washita groups (Cretaceous, middle Albian to lower Cenomanian) of northern Texas and southern Oklahoma, USA

Gale Andrew Scott, Rashall Jenny Marie, Kennedy William James, Holterhoff Frank Koch

Acta Geologica Polonica

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2021

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Vol. 71, no. 1

1--52

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The stratigraphy of the upper Fredericksburg and lower Washita groups of northern Texas and southern Oklahoma is described, and biostratigraphical correlation within the region, and further afield, using micro-crinoids, ammonites, planktonic foraminiferans and inoceramid bivalves is summarised. The taxonomy of the roveacrind microcrinoids is revised by the senior author, and a new genus, Peckicrinus, is described, with the type species Poecilocrinus porcatus (Peck, 1943). New species include Roveacrinus proteus sp. nov., R. morganae sp. nov., Plotocrinus reidi sp. nov., Pl. molineuxae sp. nov., Pl. rashallae sp. nov. and Styracocrinus thomasae sp. nov. New formae of the genus Poecilocrinus Peck, 1943 are Po. dispandus forma floriformis nov. and Po. dispandus forma discus nov. New formae of the genus Euglyphocrinus Gale, 2019 are E. pyramidalis(Peck, 1943) forma pyramidalis nov., E. pyramidalis forma radix nov. and E. pyramidalis forma pentaspinusnov. The genera Plotocrinus Peck, 1943, Poecilocrinus and Roveacrinus Douglas, 1908 form a branching phylogenetic lineage extending from the middle Albian into the lower Cenomanian, showing rapid speciation, upon which a new roveacrinid zonation for the middle and upper Albian (zones AlR1-12) is largely based. Outside Texas and Oklahoma, zone AlR1 is recorded from the lower middle Albian of Aube (southeastern France) and zones AlR11-CeR2 from the Agadir Basin in Morocco and central Tunisia. It is likely that the zonation will be widely applicable to the middle and upper Albian and lower Cenomanian successions of many other regions.

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Campanian-Paleocene Jaworzynka Formation in its type area (Magura Nappe, Outer Carpathians)

Waśkowska Anna, Golonka Jan, Starzec Krzysztof, Cieszkowski Marek

Acta Geologica Polonica

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2021

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Vol. 71, no. 3

345--370

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The Campanian-Paleocene Jaworzynka Formation, a part of the Magura Nappe succession in the Polish Outer Carpathians, is described in terms of its detailed litho- and biostratigraphy. The formation stretches along the marginal part of the Siary Unit, from the Jaworzynka stratotype area in the Silesian Beskid Mts up to the Mszana Dolna area in the Beskid Wyspowy Mts. Its equivalent in the Moravskoslezské Beskydy Mts of the Czech Republic is the Soláň Formation. In the stratotype area, the formation displays complex structure. We distinguish four lithological units, i.e., Biotite Sandstone and Shale (I), Shale (II), Mutne Sandstone Member (III) and Thin-bedded Turbidite (IV) and provide the first detailed biostratigraphy of particular units. The first unit forms the most prominent part of the formation. It was deposited in the Middle Campanian-earliest Maastrichtian within the upper part of Caudammina gigantea Zone up to the lower part of the Rzehakina inclusa Zone. The second unit occurs only locally and its age is limited to the Maastrichtian, to the Rzehakina inclusa Zone. The third unit is composed of thick-bedded sandstones that in some parts may form more than the half of the total thickness of the formation. It is Late Maastrichtian-Danian in age and is placed in the upper part of the Rzehakina inclusa Zone and the lower part of the Rzehakina fissistomata Zone. It is usually covered by a thin package of thin-bedded turbiditic sandstone and shales of Danian-Thanetian age with foraminifera of the Rzehakina fissistomata Zone.

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The proposal of a GSSP for the Berriasian Stage (Cretaceous System): Part 2

Wimbledon William A.P., Reháková Daniela, Svobodová Andrea, Elbra Tiiu, Schnabl Petr, Pruner Petr, Šifnerová Krýstina, Kdýr Šimon, Frau Camille, Schnyder Johann, Galbrun Bruno, Vaňková Lucie, Dzyuba Oksana, Copestake Philip, Hunt Christopher O., Riccardi Alberto, Poulton Terry P., Bulot Luc G., De Lena Luis

Volumina Jurassica

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2020

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Vol. 18, no. 2

121-160

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In part 1 of this work we discussed the possibilities for the selection of a GSSP for the Berriasian Stage of the Cretaceous System, based on prevailing practical methods for correlation in that J/K interval, traditional usage and the consensus over the best boundary markers that had developed in the last forty years. This consensus has developed further, based on the results of multidisciplinary studies on numerous sites over the last decade. Here in Part 2 we give an account of the application of those results by the Berriasian Working Group (ISCS), and present the stratigraphic evidence that justifies the selection of the locality of Tré Maroua (Hautes-Alpes, SE France) as the proposed GSSP. We describe a 45 m-thick section in the Calcaires Blancs vocontiens – that part of the formation covering the calpionellid Chitinoidella, Remanei. Intermedia, Colomi, Alpina, Ferasini, Elliptica and Simplex biozones. The stratigraphic data collected here has been compiled as part of a wider comparative study of complementary Vocontian Basin sites (with localities at Charens, St Bertrand, Belvedere and Le Chouet). Evidence from Tré Maroua thus sits in this substantial regional biostratigraphic and magnetostratigraphic context. For the purposes of the GSSP definition, here we particularly concentrate on the unbroken sequence and biotic markers in the interval immediately below the boundary, the Colomi Subzone (covering circa 675,000 years), and immediately above, the Alpina Subzone (covering circa 725,000 years). Particularly significant fossil datums identified in the Tré Maroua profile are the primary basal Berriasian marker, the base of the Alpina Subzone (a widespread event marked by dominance of small Calpionella alpina, with rare Crassicollaria parvula and Tintinopsella carpathica): the base of the Berriasian Stage is placed at the base of bed 14, which coincides with the base of the Alpina Subzone. Secondary markers bracketing the base of the Calpionella Zone are the FOs of the calcareous nannofossil species Nannoconus wintereri, close below the boundary, and the FO of Nannoconus steinmannii minor, close above. The Tithonian/Berriasian boundary level occurs within M19n.2n, in common with many documented sites, and is just below the distinctive reversed magnetic subzone M19n.1r (the so-called Brodno reversal). We present data which is congruent with magnetostratigraphic and biostratigraphic data from other key localities in France and in wider regions (Le Chouet, Saint Bertrand, Puerto Escaño, Rio Argos, Bosso, Brodno, Kurovice, Theodosia…), and thus the characteristics and datums identified at Tré Maroua are key for correlation and, in general, they typify the J/K boundary interval in Tethys and connected seas

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Hypowaagenia nov. gen., a rare genus of giant aspidoceratid ammonite from the Upper Jurassic of Southern Germany

Schweigert Günter, Schlampp Victor

Volumina Jurassica

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2020

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Vol. 18, no. 1

23--36

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A new genus, Hypowaagenia (type species: H. endressi nov. sp.), is introduced for previously unknown large-sized macroconchiate aspidoceratid ammonites with an umbilical and a ventrolateral row of spines. In the medium and adult stages irregular ribs interconnect these spines. The oldest unequivocal record of this genus comes from the Early Kimmeridgian Planula Zone, whereas the type material of H. endressi nov. sp. comes from the upper Platynota Zone/? lowermost Hypselocyclum Zone. Corresponding microconchs have not yet been identified. Although all unequivocal records come from Southern Germany, a Tethyan origin is most likely for these aspidoceratids. Another, stratigraphically younger species tentatively included in Hypowaagenia is Aspidoceras acanthomphalum (Zittel, 1870), which is, however, only recorded yet by mesoconchiate specimens. The ammonite fauna of the type horizon of H. endressi nov. sp. is briefly characterized and termed as the geniculatum Biohorizon of the late Platynota Zone.