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© Biodiversity Heritage Library, http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/; www.zobodat.at 467 Zitteliana 10 467-483 München, 1. Juli 19S3 ISSN 0373-9627 To the „Neocomian“ biostratigraphy in the Krizna-Nappe of the Strázovské Vrchy Mountains (Northwestern Central Carpathians) By ZDENEK VASICEK, JOZEF MICHALIK & KAROL BORZA*) With 8 text figures, 1 table and 2 plates ABSTRACT The paper deals with the newest results of detailed strati- graphical research in nine Lower Cretaceous sequences in Western Carpathians. The correlation of several parabiostra- tigraphical schemes based on several groups of organisms, al lowed to elaborate a local biostratigraphy, applicable in the whole area, and relatively reliable date most of the lithological horizons. Moreover, the detailed lithostratigraphical correla tion enables us to reconstruct sedimentary and paleotectoni- cal development of the Krizna (= Fatric) basin. KURZFASSUNG In dieser Arbeit werden die Ergebnisse der biostratigraphi schen Untersuchungen in den Ablagerungen des höchsten Jura und der unteren Kreide im Gebiet des Sträzov-Berglan- des (Krizna-Decke = Fatrikum) vorgestellt. Sie stützen sich auf neun Profile, die lithofaziell und auf ihren Mikroplank ton- und Cephalopoden-Inhalt hin untersucht wurden. Die bisher gewonnenen Ergebnisse zeigen, daß die Ent wicklung des Fatrikums komplizierter ist, als bisher ange nommen wurde. Die ältesten Ablagerungen der ,,Neo- kom“-Schichtenfolge gehen aus silifizierten Tiefwasserkar bonaten hervor. Tithon, Berrias und Untervalangin sind vor allem mikrofaunistisch belegt, die Makrofauna ist gewöhnlich nur durch Aptychen dokumentiert. Obervalangin bis unter stes Apt enthalten stellenweise ziemlich reiche Cephalopo- denfaunen, besonders Ammoniten, die mediterranen Cha rakter besitzen. Höheres Apt und Unteralb läßt sich nur durch Mikroplankton und stellenweise durch orbitolinide Foraminiferen identifizieren. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS We acknowledge Dr. E. Köhler, CSc. for determination of orbitolinid foraminifers and for stimulating comments to the Aptian stratigraphy. We thank also Mrs. M. Ruzovä for the drawings, Mrs. M. Grmelovä for the photos of the macrofos sils, Mrs. H. Brodnianska made the photographs of the mi crofossils. We are indepted to Academician B. Cambel, Di rector of Geological Institute Slovak Acad. Sei. for the per mission to publish the results of our research. 1. INTRODUCTION Lower Cretaceous carbonate sequences form considerable part of the rock sequence in the Krizna nappe of central We stern Carpathians (Czechoslovakia). During the last years we *) Z. VaSIC ek, Dept, of Geology and Mineralogy, Mining Universi ty, 708 33 Ostrava-Poruba VI, CSSR; J. MichalI k , K. Borza, Geological Institute Slovak. Acad. Sciences, 81473 Bratislava, CSSR. happened to enrich our recent knowledge (M ichalI k & VASi CEK 1979, Borza et al. 1980, M ichalI k et al. 1980, V aS iCek & M ichalik 1981, Borza et al. 1982) by adding of further, more completely known new sequences. Our newest localities and the application of several modern literary data (among them Busnardo et al. 1979 predominantly) made the knowledge of Upper Valanginian - Upper Barremian interval biostratigra phy more refined.

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Zitteliana 10 467-483 München, 1. Juli 19S3 ISSN 0373-9627

To the „Neocomian“ biostratigraphy in the Krizna-Nappe of the Strázovské Vrchy Mountains

(Northwestern Central Carpathians)

By

ZDENEK VASICEK, JOZEF MICHALIK & KAROL BORZA*)

With 8 text figures, 1 table and 2 plates

ABSTRACTThe paper deals with the newest results of detailed strati-

graphical research in nine Lower Cretaceous sequences in Western Carpathians. The correlation of several parabiostra- tigraphical schemes based on several groups of organisms, al­lowed to elaborate a local biostratigraphy, applicable in the

whole area, and relatively reliable date most of the lithological horizons. Moreover, the detailed lithostratigraphical correla­tion enables us to reconstruct sedimentary and paleotectoni- cal development of the Krizna (= Fatric) basin.

KURZFASSUNGIn dieser Arbeit werden die Ergebnisse der biostratigraphi­

schen Untersuchungen in den Ablagerungen des höchsten Jura und der unteren Kreide im Gebiet des Sträzov-Berglan- des (Krizna-Decke = Fatrikum) vorgestellt. Sie stützen sich auf neun Profile, die lithofaziell und auf ihren Mikroplank­ton- und Cephalopoden-Inhalt hin untersucht wurden.

Die bisher gewonnenen Ergebnisse zeigen, daß die Ent­wicklung des Fatrikums komplizierter ist, als bisher ange­nommen wurde. Die ältesten Ablagerungen der ,,Neo- kom“-Schichtenfolge gehen aus silifizierten Tiefwasserkar­bonaten hervor. Tithon, Berrias und Untervalangin sind vor allem mikrofaunistisch belegt, die Makrofauna ist gewöhnlich nur durch Aptychen dokumentiert. Obervalangin bis unter­stes Apt enthalten stellenweise ziemlich reiche Cephalopo- denfaunen, besonders Ammoniten, die mediterranen Cha­

rakter besitzen. Höheres Apt und Unteralb läßt sich nur durch Mikroplankton und stellenweise durch orbitolinide Foraminiferen identifizieren.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

We acknowledge Dr. E. Köhler, CSc. for determination of orbitolinid foraminifers and for stimulating comments to the Aptian stratigraphy. We thank also Mrs. M. Ruzovä for the drawings, Mrs. M. Grmelovä for the photos of the macrofos­sils, Mrs. H. Brodnianska made the photographs of the mi­crofossils. We are indepted to Academician B. Cambel, Di­rector of Geological Institute Slovak Acad. Sei. for the per­mission to publish the results of our research.

1. I N T R O D U C T IO NLower Cretaceous carbonate sequences form considerable

part of the rock sequence in the Krizna nappe of central We­stern Carpathians (Czechoslovakia). During the last years we

*) Z. VaSICek, Dept, of Geology and Mineralogy, Mining Universi­ty, 708 33 Ostrava-Poruba VI, CSSR; J. M ichalIk , K. Borza , Geological Institute Slovak. Acad. Sciences, 81473 Bratislava, CSSR.

happened to enrich our recent knowledge (M ichalIk & VASi­CEK 1979, Borza et al. 1980, M ichalIk et al. 1980, V aSiCek & M ichalik 1981, Borza et al. 1982) by adding of further, more completely known new sequences. Our newest localities and the application of several modern literary data (among them Busnardo et al. 1979 predominantly) made the knowledge of Upper Valanginian - Upper Barremian interval biostratigra­phy more refined.

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Stratigraphical research in the West Carpathian Lower Cre­taceous sequences is complicated by an intricated tectonical structure of the terraine, forming a part of the Centrocarpa- thian nappe front, by lack of completely incovered sections, as well as by its considerable facial variability. This is why our research cannot be considered as to be finished and some of our conclusions as to be definitive. As a result, we could not define ammonite zones, valid in the whole area.

Northwestern part of Strázovské vrchy Mts. forms sou­thern rim of the Middle Váh-river basin (Fig. 1). Complica-

tely deformed frontal part of the Krizna-nappe, extending oyer great part of this area, consists mostly of Lower- and Middle Cretaceous sediments. In spite of incomplete exposu­re, several outcrops in quarries, creeks and road’s cuts offer possibility of detailed stratigraphical study. This paper is ba­sed on the study of nine detailed documented sections, eva­luated from both the macro- and micro-lithofacial point of view, according to the content of microplankton and cepha- lopod macrofauna, as well as nannofloral remains, studied in several places.

2. PALAEOGEOGRAPHICAL SETTINGMediterranean segment of the Mesozoic Tethys has re­

ached the maximum of its diversification during Late Jurassic and Early Cretaceous. Although the recent knowledge of pa- leogeographical relations between individual elements of the European Alpides does not allow unambiguous conclusions (cf. M ichalik & KovaC 1982), West Carpathian area may be roughly characterized as an extensive, paleogeographically and paleotectonically veiy diversified area, extending on the west from the mouth of Danish-Polish trough, thus in close neighbourrough of the East European platform (Fig. 2).

The northernmost zone (nowadays Outer Carpathians and Klippen Belt) belonged to the margin of North-European shelf, influenced by Kimmerian tectonic movements. The central West Carpathians, on the other hand, were part of in­traoceanic (Kreios) shelf fragment, deformed during Austrian otogenic phase. Both the regions were mutually separated by the Jurassic-Cretaceous Penninic oceanic zone. West Carpa­thian paleogeographical and paleotectonical development has been strongly influenced by these pecularities.

Fig. 1. Geographical localization of studied sections. Legend: 1: Lower Cretaceous deposits of the Kriz­na-nappe, 2: the same deposits covered by younger sediments or by higher tectonic units, 3: Klippen Belt, 4: faults, 5: limits of distribution of Krizna Lower Cretaceous. Numbers in circles: 1: Nozdrovice section, 2—6: Mraznicke luky sections (2: Kamenna, 3: Pod Strane, 4: Pod Stupikmi, 5: Pod Svinornym, 6: Pod Mraznicou, cf. Fig. 6), 7: Horna Poruba section, 8: Strazovce section, 9: Butkov quarry.

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died sections. The ammonites occur sporadically, being re­presented by mostly indeterminable fragments in Strazovce and Nordrovice section (loci 1 and 8 in Fig. 1; Figs. 4 and 5). Infrequent aptychi are usually small [Lamellaptycbus stu- deri stitd en (O oster), L. m ortilleti m ortilleti (P ictet & Lo- rioi ), L. m ortilleti noricus Trauth etc.].

The “biancone limestones” are characteristic lithostrati- graphical unit, Upper Tithonian to Upper Berriasian in age. They represent a typical product of the pelagic bathyal envi­ronment, being characterized by facial uniformity, abun­dance of nanno- and microplanktic remains, but by scarcity of the macrofossils (among them dispersed aptychi dominate).

The Upper Berriasian Calpionellopsis Zone could be pro­ved in several sections, being represented by the upper “Bian­cone” (loc. 8), by yellowish light-gray (marly) limestones (loc. 1), or by light-gray spotted limestones (loc. 3). The mi­crofossil association in all the sections is nearly identical, but quantitative representation of individual taxa moderately changes (cf. Figs. 4, 5, 6).

3.3 VALANGINIAN

The lower part of the above-lying marly spotted limestone complex in several sections (loci 1, 8, 9) contains “Nozdro­vice Breccia Horizon”, consisting of irregular angular lime­stone clasts, mostly Upper Tithonian/Berriasian (Calpionella zone), but also older (Cmssicollaria Z.) and younger (Cal-

p ion ellites Z.) in age. The origin of the Nozdrovice Breccia could has been connected with probable Valanginian sedi­mentary gap in the northernmore Manin unit (influence of the Late Kimmerian tectonic deformations).

The Valanginian sediments contain a rich spectrum of mi­croplanktic remains (C alpionellites darderi [C olom], C . co-

ronata Trejo, C . caravacaensis A llf.mann, Calpionella a l­pina Lorenz, Calpionellopsis ob lon ga [C adisch], Tintinnop- sella carpatbica [M urgeanu & F11 ipescu], T. lon ga [C oi.om], LorenzielLi bnn gan ca K nauf.r & N agy , L. cf. plica ta R ema­ne, Colom isphaera behosphaera [Vogeer], C. v o g le r i [Bor- za], Stom iosphaera ech inata N ow ak , Cadosina fitsca cieszy- nica N owak etc.). However, the recent microbiostratigraphi- cal knowledge do not allow to divide the Valanginian se­quence more in detail.

Our macrofaunal findings enabled us to recognize the up­permost Lower Valanginian in the Butkov section (Fig. 7, probable equivalent with upper part of the French Busnardoi- tes campylotoxus Zone), containing ammonite fragments, re­sembling Kilianella pex iptycha (U hlig) and Busnardoites N ikolov, aptychi Lamellaptycbus aplanatus aplanatits (Gil- eieron), L. aplanatus retroflexus Trauth, L. m ortilleti m or­tilleti (P ictet & Loriol).

Zonal ammonites lack also in the Lower Upper Valanginian Saynoceras verriicosm n Zone). However, several localities yielded ammonite remains, similar to N eocom ites n eo com ien - sis (d ’O rbigny), N. tescben ensis (U hlig) and Bochianites

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* --------------- ♦♦— »Lame lia ptychusL. angulicostatus ssp 1 • -** - - * --------• - —Lamellaptychus did ay i * * ~ *Lamellaptychus aplanatus • • -----•Lamellaptychus bey nchodidayi -Lamellaptychus m orti lie 11 sspl.--------------Lamellaptychus mortilleti retroflexus • Lametlaprychus angulicostatus fractoco*status

noncus

Lamellaptychus

Nautilcculina sp. •______*__ *Patorbitolina cf. lenticularis , , . v_v v

Orbitolina /Mesorbitolma/ minuta O rbitolm a/ Mesorbitolma/ parva x-x-x--x

Orbi tol inopsts reticulata x-x-x—xSabaudia minuta x-x-x--x

angulicostatus longus

» Otcostephanus aff. astienanus►----------•••Bochiamtes neocomiens|s

• Bochiamtes oosten-------Protetragomtes quadrisulcatus

.haploceras desmoceroides ------------- • Neocomites /Neocomites/ teschenensis

Oi3

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Neocomites /Neocomites/ neocomiensis •** Haploceras /Neolissoceras/ grasianum

Neocomites /Teschemtes/ cf. muretensis Cnocerantes /C no cera tites / nolani

Subsaynella saym •Ptychoceras inostranzewi •

Cnoceratites /C noceratites/ majoricensis •— ♦ — —Cnoceratites /C n o ce ra tite s / quenstedti •-----------

Cnoceratites /C n o cera tites / ernenn Cnoceratites /Pseudothurmanma / mortilleti Cnoceratites /Pseudothurmanma/ belimelensis

Partschiceras intundtbulum Barremites /B arrem ites/ aff. psilotatus

Barremites /B arrem ites/ waagem Barremites / Barremites/ d itfm h s

.Hamulimtes

• Protetragomtes crebnsulcatus• Costidiscus recticostatus •Eulytoceras phestum

Silesites seranoms

parvulus

Fig. 6. Lithostratigraphical correlation of Mrâznické lûky-sections and distribution of the main fossils (loci 2-6, Fig. 1).

oo sten Sarasin & Schöndelmayer, B. neocom ien sis d ’O rbi- gny, co-occuring with primitive aptychi L. n on cu s (W ink­ler), L. aplanatus (G illieron), L. ex gr. m ortilleti. The lat­ter forms differ from the typical subspecies L. m. m ortilleti (P ictet & Loriol) by more complicated course of ribs and we ascribe them to L. m ortilleti retroflexus T rauth and to L. m ortilleti ssp. (Fig. 6).

Spotted limestone complex of the Strâzovce section (8), we earlier considered to be Lower Hauterivian in age, relying on findings of the first crioceratiform ammonites in its close

overlie (M ic.halIk & V aSi’Cek 1979, Borza et al. 1980), belongs evidently also to the lower Upper Valanginian.

The horizon with the last primitive aptychi, is covered by layers probably equivalent to the H imantoceras trinodosum Zone with arcuate bended fragments fH im antoceras T hieu- loy and with incomplete free-coiled shells, ribbed similarly to the Upper Hauterivian A egocrioceras Spath, or to Upper Va­langinian Judd icera s Spath (however, both the genuses were described from the Boreal realm until only). The sole well de­terminable specimen of H imantoceras acuticostatum T hieu-

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loy comes from a little outcrop near Zemianska Zavada (SSE from Povazska Bystrica, cf. Fig. 1).

The aptychi, found in this level, are represented exclusi­vely by forms with backward to the umbo bounded nbs. Further free-coiled ammonite types with ribs bifurcated on the circle of ephebic coils appear in overlying horizons (Stra- zovce section, loc. S, Fig. 1; Fig. 4). According to the Butkov-material (loc. 9, Fig. 1; Fig. 7) they are identi­cal with Cnosarasinella h eterocosta ta (M andov) (sensu J.-P.

T hifuloy 1977). This species occurs in the Tescbenites ca lli- discus Zone of lower Uppermost Valanginian. Interestingly, neither this zonal species known from the Silesic unit of Outer West Carpathians, nor other Tescbenites have been found in this horizon in the Strazovske vrchy Mts. Scarce belemnites Pseudobelus b rev is Paquier, D uvalia dilatata (Blainville), D. binervia (Raspail) and H ibolites ciga retu s Stoyanova- V ergilova accompany this fauna.

VALANGI NI AN H A U T E R 1 V I A N B A R R E M I A N A P T I A N ALBLOWER ¡UPPER LOWER 1 UP P ER LOWER | U PPER c o r

LameUaptychus aplanatus aplanatus ---------- • L.aplanatus retroflexus

• L.mortilleti L beyrichodidayi

L. didayL seranoms seranoms

mortiltetiDTJ

'C

L angulodidayi L seranoms fractocostatusLongulicostatus fractocostatus

l martilleti longus •L. ongul(COstatus longus

Di =r

L angulicostatus anguiicostatus*—--------------------• Olcostephanas sp.---------------------------------♦ — ^ l i > i i l Hapioceras grasionum• Busnardoites sp.• Kibanella e* gr pexiptycha• PtychophyHoc eras sp

Lyticocfras ex gr crypt oceras• Neocomites (Teschemtes )c t • pachydrcranus

•Cnosarosinelta hetercx:ostota• Lytoceras ex gr sutile

10lcostephanus(0.) psiloslomus iBochtanites oosten ► Neocomites (T) neocomiensiformls

Leopold« sp. •Etemceras cftctiechitev ••

O tcostephanus{0)cf astierianus M M Sarasinella off vonans •Crioceratites (C-) nolani •♦♦—♦•

Abrytusttes sp • ------------------------------------------------------ • -• -NeocomitesiT) ct jodariensis •

Eteniceras cf mkolovi •Spitdsscus cf nodosus •

Lytoceras subfimbnatum ••—•---------------------------•Spitrdiscus cf meneghim •—•

Crroceratites C-) lory i •

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• Costidiscus recticostatus ► Valdedor sella sp.

• Holcodiscus perezianus ----------------- •—•Barremites (Cossidoiceras) sp

Anahamuhna sp • 7 Leptoceras sp.»Crioceratiles{C .)cf. mojoricensis

• Ptychoceros sp► Barremites (B) sp-

►Partschiceras infundibulum

Hibolit« cigoretusPseudobelus brevis •-------------------Vounagites pistil (if a r m is •--------- • —Ouvalia binervia ♦ —Duvalia dilatata dilatata •-------- •—■

Hi bo l i t es l o n g i o r •

—• Criocerotdes (C.) duvali----- • Euphyl loc eras sp• Plesiospitidiscus sp

• — • — •

Hibolites cf. jaculoides •------------ •-Mesohibolites cf.uhligi* Hibolites mirificus

I---------- “•Duvalia grasiana•Mesohibolites varians

• M.minaret• — • • M gladnformis

• M.platyurus • M. garshmi

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3.4 HAUTERIVIAN

The Valanginian/Hauterivian boundary cannot be exactly delimited neither on the base of microfossils, nor by macro­fauna. We consider the micritic nannocone limestones with abundant T eschenites n eo com ien sifom iis (U hlig), T. cf. j o - dariensis (D ouville), T. cf. pacbyd icranu s T hieuloy, Spiti- discus m en egh in ii (Z igno), Eleniceras cf. t cb e cb ite v i Bres- kovski etc., with microplankton like N annoconus steinm anni K amptner, N. co lom i (de Lapparent), N. globu lu s B roni- mann, N. kamptneri Bronimann, less frequently with Glo- bo cha ete alpina Lombard, Cadosina fu s e a fu sca W anner, C. cf. cieszynica N ow ak , C. sem iradiata olzae N ow ak, C olo- mispbaera heliospbaera (V ogler), C. v o g le r i (), Stom iospba- era eebinata N ow ak , S. w ann eri , G em eridella m inuta & M iSIk , D idem noides m oreti (D urand D elga), D idemnum carpaticum M iSi'k & , rarely with Tininnopsella carpatbica (M urgeanu & F ilipescu) and with the foraminifers (Spirillma sp., Patellina sp., Lenticulina sp., H eterobelix sp.) belon­ging to the Lower Hauterivian.

An expressive complex of rhythmically bedded organode- trital, cherty and marly limestones with marly intercalations (Strazovce Formation) characterizes the deeper basinal slope (Strazovce section, loc. 8 in the Fig. 1, or Fig. 4). The base of each rhythm consists of detritic, gradationally bedded hori­zons with frequent clasts. Organic remains are fragmentary, often reworked. They frequently belong to shallow-marine organisms (gastropods, solenoporid algae, bryozoans etc.). The formation originated in turbiditic sedimentary regime.

Thin turbidites have been found in Butkov Lower Hauteri­vian sequence. However, a horizon of carbonate breccia, ana­logical to the Valanginian Nozdrovice Breccia occurs here, too. The first representatives of C rioceratites (C. nolani ¡Li­lian, somewhat higher C. lory i Sarkar) and A brytusites sp. appear above the horizon with the last T eschen ites (Fig. 7).

The uppermost Lower Hauterivian (both the French O lco- stepbanus jea n n o ti and L yticoceras nodosop lica tus Zones) is not faunistically proved by us. However, according to several authors (Trauth 1938, Stefanov 1961, G asiorowski 1962) the occurrences of frequent aptychus L. d idayi (C oquand) ter­minates just at the end of the Lower Hauterivian. Therefore, we used this criterium by delimitation of the Lower/Upper Hauterivian boundary in both the Strazovce- and Butkov sec­tions.

The overlying deposits of such delimited Lower Hauteri­vian contain aptychi with angularly broken ribs like L. angu - licostatus (P ictet & Loriol), similar to the typical subspecies, or to L. angulicostatus longus Trauth. Moreover, C riocera ­tites du va li LEveille and E uptychoceras sp. co-occur with this aptychi in the Butkov section, and sole specimen of Sub- saynella sayni (Paquier) - the index ammonite of the French basal Upper Hauterivian according to Thieuloy (1973) have been found in an equivalent level of the Kamenna section (loc. 2, Fig. 1).

The uppermost Hauterivian Plesiospitidiscus ligatus Zone has not been safely macrofaunistically documented.

3.5 BARREMIAN

The macrofaunistically richest complex of the Carpathian Lower Cretaceous, the Pseudothurmannia Horizon appears in several sections (loci 1, 2, etc., cf. A damikova et ah, in press), above the deposits of Hauterivian s. str. It consists of 6-10 m thick complex of brown-gray micritic limestones with rich cephalopod fauna. The main part of microfossils be­longs to nannocones, along with them more sporadically oc­cur Stom iospbaera alpina L eischner, Cadosina sem iradiata olzae N ow ak , Colom isphaera v o g le r i (Borza), G lobocha ctc alpina Lombard, calcified radiolarians, ostracods and forami­nifers (“H edb erge lla ” sp., Spirillina sp., Patellina sp., Len­ticulina sp., Frondicularia sp., Fleterobelix sp.) and many others. C rioceratites s. str. prevail over infrequent Pseudo- thurmannia in the ammonite fauna. Last lamellaptychi with angularly broken ribs co-occur with these ammonites. In agreement with Lapeyre & T homel (1974) and A damikova et al. (in press) we consider this association to be Lower Barre- mian in age. However, the last occurrence of aptychi, closely connected with the underlying Hauterivian associations and the sudden disappearing of all the crioceratids above the Pseudothurmannia Horizon indicate a close connection of this horrizon with the Upper Hauterivian sequence.

The equivalent of the Pseudothurmannia Horizon behind the limits of its typical development can be recognized by monotonnous aptychi with angular ribs association and, pro­bably also by appearing of H ibolites ja cu lo id es Swinnerton- like belemnites.

The higher Lower Barremian horizons are in all the studied sections indicated by expressive deepening of the basin. The crioceratid fauna, inhabitor of relatively shallow bottom has been in short time span completely substitued by monoton­nous barremitid ammonites - good swimmers, able to live in a free pelagic environment. The latter fauna occurs in black marlstones, micritic and spotted limestones with distal turbi­ditic structures. Ellipsagelospbaera dominates in the low-di­versified nannoplankton associations, the microplankton consists of Stom iospbaera w ann eri Borza, S. alpina L eisch­ner, and of other forms (cf. Figs. 4, 5, 6), the foraminifers comprise frequent H edbergella sp ., Spirillina and Lenticuli­na. Lower part of the barremitid horizon yielded infrequent aberrant shells of Hamulina lorioli (U hlig), Hamulim tes parvu lu s (U hlig), Anahamulina sp., Karsten iceras sp., more rarely spirally coiled Pulcbellia compressissima (d ’O r- bigny), H olcod iscu sperez ianus (d ’O rbicny), etc., solely also the belemnite M esohibolites sp.

The zonal species Silesites seranonis (d ’O rbigny) and C o- stidiscus recticosta tus (d’O rbigny) occur in the Upper Barre­mian deposits, while M esohibolites (M. gladiiforrn is U hlig, M. p la tyuru s D uval- J ouve, M. m inaret R aspail and other) dominate in the belemnite fauna.

3.6 APTIAN

A complex of black-gray and gray detritic cherty limesto­nes with characteristical breccia horizon on their base repre­sents the products of Aptian sedimentation in the Butkov sec­tion (loc. 9 in the Fig. 1; Fig. 7). Gray silky marls with inter-

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calations of black-gray detritic limestone, lime breccias and paraconglomerates, tuffites and basic volcanics represent this level in other sections. They contain microfossils Praecolo- miella tre jo i Borza, P. b on eti Borza, D eflandronella v e ra - cruzana (Trejo), ParachitmoidelL 1 cf. ciiv illier i T rejo etc., foraminifers (b lcd b erg e lla sp., Sabaudui m inuta [Hofker], Nautiloculina sp., Palorbitolina cf. len ticu laris [Blumen- bac.h], etc.). The Aptian macrofauna has been found in sole horizons of Horna Poruba section (Fig. 8), being represented by incomplete specimen, similar to D esbayesites invohitiis Spath.

Fragments of bivalve shells, conoids, solenoporids, serpu- lids and orbitolinid foraminifers in the biopelsparitic and bio- intrasparitic limestones in higher pan of the Butkov detritic complex (Fig. 7) and in the conglomerate horizons in other localities indicate Upper Aptian age (cf. Fig. 6).

3.7 LOWER ALBIAN

The uppermost horizon in the Butkov detrital complex consisting of light-gray micritic limestones contains a rich mi­crofossil assemblage (ColomielLi recta Bonet, C. mexicana Bonet, Piemnia ob lon ga Borza & M iSIk etc.) and foramini­fers Sabaudia m inuta (Hofker), O rbitolina texana (R oemer) and others, indicating its Lower Albian age. Hard ground with borings of benthic organisms is developed on the surface of this horizon, covered by Upper Albian shally complex.

The complex of spongolithic micrital limestones near the base of Albian shales in Mraznicke luky region (loci 2-6) and Horna Poruba (loc. 7) with Calpionellopsella maldonadoi Trejo & Colom iella recta Bonet represents the last episode of carbonate sedimentation in the studied area. The environ­ment of carbonate sedimentation definitively turned into a flysch basin, controlled by an active tectonic pulse of folded orogen.

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4. SUMMARYDevelopment of the Lower Cretaceous Krizna-basin has

been more complicated than usually treated. Remarkable oc­currence of Lower Valanginian Nozdrovice Breccia indicate an effect of Late Kimmerian deformation of external zones. The clastic and turbiditic horizons, incorporated in Hauteri- vian, Barremian and Aptian sequences, indicate an increasing tectonic pulse, a symptom of Austrian orogenic phase, culmi­nating during Albian/Cenomanian.

The combination of several parastratigraphical schemes, based on several organic groups (ammonites, aptychi, belem- nites, micro- and nannoplankton) gets over the gaps in the re­cent biostratigraphical division of the Jurassic-Lower Creta­ceous deposits of Krizna nappe. Particularly expressive ad­vance has been achieved in the division of Valanginian and Hauterivian sequences (Tab. 1).

Table 1

A M M O N I T E S A P T Y C H I B E L E M N I T E S

APTIAN D esbayesites ex gr. in v o lu tu s Spath

BARR

EMIA

N

UPP

ER

S i le s i t e s seranon is (d'Qrbigny) B arrem ites Sp.Costidiscus r e c t ic o s ta tu s (d'Qrbigny)

M e s o h ib o lite s g la d iifo rm is (Uhlig) H ib o l i te s m ir i f ic u s Stoyanova-Vergilova M e s o h ib o lite s p la ty u ru rs (Duval-Jouve) Mesohibolites m inaret (Raspail)

LOW

ER

B arrem ites (B.) ex gr. d i f f i c i l i s (d'Qrbigny)

Hamulina l o r i o l i Uhlig H am ulin ites parvu lus (Uhlig) P u lc h e l l ia com pressissima (d'Qrbigny) C r io c e r a t i te s (C.) m a jo r ic e n s is

(Nolan)C r io c e r a t i te s (C.) e m e r ic i Lêveillé Pseudothurmannia m o r t i l l e t i (Pictets

Loriol)Lam ellaptychus a n g u lico s ta tu s longus

Trauth

D uva lia b in e rv ia (Raspail)D uva lia grasiana (Duval-Jouve) H ib o l i te s lo n g io r Schvastzoff H ib o l i t e s cf. ja c u lo id e s Swinnerton

HAUT

ERIV

IAN

UPP

ER

C r io c e r a t i te s (C.) du va li Léveillé Subsaynella c f. sayni (Paquier)

L . a n g u lic o s ta tu s a n g u lico s ta tu s (Pictet & Loriol)

D u va lia d i la ta ta d ila ta ta (Blainville)

LOW

ER

C r io c e r a t i te s (C.) l o r y i (Sarkar) C r io c e r a t i te s (C.) n o la n i (Kilian) A b ry tu s ite s sp.E le n ice ra s tc h e c h ite v i Breskcwski Neocom ites (T e s ch e n ite s ) c f. jo d a r -

ie n s is (Douvillé)S p it id is c u s c f. m enegb in ii (Zigno) Neocom ites (T e s ch e n ite s ) neocom ien-

s ifo rm is (Uhlig)

L. d id ay i (Coquand)

L . a n g u lic o s ta tu s fra c to c o s ta tu s Trauth

Pseudobelus b re v is Paquier

VALA

NGIN

IAN

UPP

ER

C r io s a ra s in e lla h e te ro co s ta ta (Mandov)

Him antoceras sp. ,Jud d iceras Sp. B o ch ia n ites neocom iensis d'Qrbigny Neocom ites (N.) neocom iensis

(d'Qrbigny)Neocom ites (N.) teschenensis (Uhlig)

L. seranon is (Coquand)L . a ff. m o r t i l l e t i L . m o r t i l l e t i SSp. 1.L. m o r t i l l e t i r e t r o f le x u s Trauth

Hibolites c ig a re tu s Stoyanova-Vergilova Duva lia d i la ta ta (Blainville)

LOW

ER

K i l ia n e l la ex gr. pex ip tych a (Uhlig) B usnardoites sp.

L. aplanatus r e t r o f le x u s Trauth L . aplanatus ap lanatus Gilliéron

L. n o r ic u s (Winkler)

BERRIA-SIAN

TITHO- NI AN

L . m o r t i l l e t i m o r t i l l e t i (Pictet S Loriol)

L . m o r t i l l e t i n o r icu s Trauth L. s tu d e r i s tu d e r i (Qoster)L. b e y r ic h i b e y r ic h i (Oppel) Punctaptycbus puncta tus punctatus

(Voltz)

Duva lia la ta (Blainville)

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Plate 1

Kdiattella ex gr. pexiptycba UHLIG, x l . Specimen BK 8-565/7. Butkov quarry, 8. floor upper Lower Valanginian.

Himantoceras sp., x2. Spec. ZC-2522. Strazovke section, 2522 m, Upper Valanginian.

Juddiceras sp., x 1. Spec. ZC 2995/8, Strazovce section, 2995 m, Upper Valanginian.

Himantoceras acuticostatnm THIEULOY, x 1. Spec. ZZ-5/1. Zemianska Zavada.Upper Valanginian.

Criosarastnella heterocostata MANDOV, XL Spec. BK 8-510/2. Butkov quarry, 8. floor uppermost Valanginian.

Crioceratites (Cnoceratites) nolam KiLIAN, x l . Spec. BK 8—140. Butkov-quarry, 8. floor Lower Hauterivian.

Neocomites (Tescbenites) cf. jodartensis Douville, x 1. Spec. BK 8—170/16.Butkov-quarry, 8. floor, Lower Hauterivian.

Spitidiscns cf. meneghmu ZiGNO, x 1. Spec. BK 6-80/2.Butkov quarry, 6. floor. Lower Hauterivian.

Cnoceratites (Cnoceratites) ditvalt Leveii LE, x 1. Spec. BK 8—100/2.Butkov quarry, 8. floor, Upper Hauterivian.

Pnlcbellia compressissima D’Orbigny, x 1. Spec. BK 8-170/9.Butkov quarry, 8. floor, Lower Barremian.

Hamidina lonoh U hlig , X 1. Spec. PL 1-4/7. Polomec, Zabukovinske quarry near Lietavska Lucka, Lower Barremian.

Desbayesites ex gr. involntus SPATH, x 1,5. Spec. HP-580, Horna Poruba-section,Lower Aptian.

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Fig. 1. Cbitinoniella boncii Doben, thin section 7587, Strazovce section, 2025 m, Chitinoidclla Zone, Middle Tithonian.

Fig. 2. Calpionella alpina LoRENZ, thin section No 7589. Strazovce section, 2060 m, Calpionella Zone, Tithonian/Berriasian.

Fig. 3. Crassicollana parvnla REMANE, thin section No 7588, Strazovce section 2050 m, Calpionella Zone, Tithonian/Berriasian.

Figs. 4-5. Tintinnopsella carpathica Murg. & Finn., thin sections 7590, 7592, Strazovce section 2060, 2090 m, Calpionella Z., Tithonian/Berriasian.

Fig. 6. Calpionellopsis simplex COLOM, thin section No 7593, Strazovce section 2100 m, Calpionellopsis Z., Berriasian/Valanginian.

Fig. 7. C. oblonga (Cadisch), thin section No 7594, Strazovce section 2110 m, Calpionellop- sis Zone, Berriasian-Valanginian

Fig. S. Remaniella cams chi ana (Colom), thin section No 7593, Strazovce section 2100 m, Calpionellopsis Zone, Berriasian-Valanginian.

Fig. 9. Tintinnopsella longa (COLOM), thin section No 7681, Pod Svinornÿm Gorge-section, Calpioncllites Zone, Berriasian-Valanginian.

Fig. 10. Calpionelhtes darderi (COLOM), thin section No 7596, Strazovce section 2140 m, Calpioncllites Zone, Berriasian-Valanginian.

Fig. 11. Praecolomiella trejoi Borza, thin section No 7710. Pod Mriznicou Gorge-section, Praecolomiella Zone, Aptian.

Fig. 12. Deflandronella veracruzana Trejo, thin section 7710, Pod Mraznicou G.-section, Praecolomiella Zone, Aptian.

Fig. 13. Colomiella mexicana BONET, t. s. No 47a/8, Butkov section, Colomiella Zone, Aptian-Albian.

Figs. 14-15. Colomiella recta BONET, t. s. No 47a/8l, Butkov section, Colomiella Zone, Upper Aptian-Albian.

Fig. 16. Colomispbaera mimttissima (COLOM), t. s. No 7587, Strazovce section 2045 m, Calpionella Zone, Tithonian/Berrasian.

Figs. 17-18. Parastomiospbaera malmica (Borza), t. s. No 2005 (g), Strazovce section, 2005 m, Lower Tithonian.

Fig. 19. Cadosina minuta BORZA, t. s. No 7703, Pod Strane Gorge-section, Calpionellopsis Zone, Berriasian/Valanginian.

Fig. 20. Didemnum carputicum MlSlK & BORZA, t. s. No 7652, Strazovce section 3270 m, Barremian.

Fig. 21. Stomiosphaera echmata Nowak, t. s. No 7607, Strazovce section 2605 m, Valanginian.

Fig. 22. Colomispbaera vogleri (Borza), t. s. No 8E-320/81, Butkov quarry, 8. floor, 320 m, Hauterivian.

Fig. 23. Colomispbaera beliospbaera (VOGLER), t. s. 8E-290/81, Butkov quarry, 8 floor, 290 m, Hauterivian.

Fig. 24. Cadosina fusca cieszymca Nowak, t. s. No 8E-5/81, Butkov quarry, 8. floor, 5 m, Aptian.

Fig. 25. Cadosina semiradiata olzae NOWAK, t. s. 8E-5/81, Butkov quarry, 8. floor, 5 m, Aptian cherty limestones.

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