Foraminiferan-calcimicrobial benthic communities from Upper Cretaceous shallow-water carbonates of Albania (Kruja Zone)

Schlagintweit, Félix; Kołodziej, Bogusław; Qorri, Ana

doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2015.04.009

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“…1b; Gušić and Jelaska, 1990). Similar shallow-water successions, typical for the Upper Cretaceous deposits can be found in the carbonate platforms of the peri-Mediterranean region (Apulian, Apenninic, Adriatic, and other smaller carbonate platforms (e.g., Gušić and Jelaska, 1990;Carannante et al, 2000;Tišljar et al, 2002;Diedrich et al, 2011;Schlagintweit et al, 2015, and references therein).…”

Section: Biostratigraphy and Lithostratigraphymentioning

confidence: 55%

Late Cretaceous palynoflora from the central part of the Adriatic Carbonate Platform (Islands of Hvar and Šćedro), southern Croatia

Firi

Bercovici

Shevchuk

et al. 2017

Cretaceous Research

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This paper provides the first palynological data from four Upper Cretaceous localities from the Islands of Hvar and Šćedro (southern Croatia), in the central part of the Adriatic Carbonate Platform. Studied material represents palynomorphs produced by coastal vegetation and transported to the shallow marine platform areas. Determined vegetation includes diverse hygrophilous, understory vegetation, range of evergreen needle trees attributable to Pinaceae and Podocarpaceae, as well as Araucarian conifers; ginkgo, cycads and/or bennettites. Flowering plants were likely represented by herbaceous forms. The palynoflora is generally indicative of a temperate, warm and humid climate. The occurrence of the Normapolles group with the presence of Plicapollis sp. and Pseudoculopollis sp. point to Turonian or probable Turonian-Coniacian age, and represent the southernmost record of occurrence within the Normapolles palynological province.Dominance of angiosperms and low abundance of ferns suggests an early-Late Cretaceous age. These findings are supported by the micropaleontological analyses and previously determined age of the sauropod dinosaur footprints described on the Island of Hvar. Based on the paleobotanical and palynological data, the dinosaur's diet probably included araucarian conifers, ginkgo and angiosperms, and ferns to a lesser extent.

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Section: Biostratigraphy and Lithostratigraphymentioning

confidence: 55%

Late Cretaceous palynoflora from the central part of the Adriatic Carbonate Platform (Islands of Hvar and Šćedro), southern Croatia

Firi

Bercovici

Shevchuk

et al. 2017

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“…2G) and cyanobacteria Aeolisaccus kotori (Fig. 2H), the marker forms for semi-restricted, stressed environments, are present (Tasli et al 2006;Schlagintweit et al 2015). Foraminifera assemblages (Fig.…”

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New Late Cretaceous (Coniacian) sauropod tracks from Hvar Island, Croatia

Solt

Szuromi-Korecz²,

Ősi

2020

Central European Geology

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In June 2017 a new sauropod trackway locality was discovered in the central part of the Adriatic–Dinaric Carbonate Platform (ADCP), on the island of Hvar (Croatia). The track site is situated on the northern shore of the western edge (Pelegrin) of the island in the upper Turonian – lower Coniacian limestone series. The track site contains altogether 13 footprints arranged in four possible trackways. The largest footprints have a diameter up to 80 cm. In some places the limestone surface is strongly karstified and the tracks are partly eroded, which has certainly modified the original shape and size of the footprints. Microfossil assemblage from the track-bearing beds suggest an early Coniacian age for the tracks. The new trackways on Hvar Island further strengthen the earlier hypothesis that sauropods were present in the western Tethyan archipelago during the late Cenomanian–late Campanian period. In addition, the new tracks, together with those from the Žukova Cove of Hvar, represent two, possibly slightly different stratigraphic horizons close to the Turonian–Coniacian boundary, and suggest that the occurrence of sauropods on the ADCP and possibly also on other parts of the Apulian microplate was not accidental, but rather periodical and more frequent than previously thought.

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“…3C). Thin-section analysis shows a 'Thaumatoporella parvovesicularifera -Decastronema kotori' association (fB1 and fB2), which according to Schlagintweit et al (2015) reflects an innerplatform setting including shallow-subtidal and intertidal environments. The upper part of B2 is comprised of bioturbated mudstones e wackestones (fB2).…”

Section: Facies and Stratigraphy Of The Apulian Carbonate Platformmentioning

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“…Microscopic analysis revealed three microfacies types: a) grainstones mainly composed of rudist fragments, fairly to well-sorted and subrounded to rounded, and minor echinoid fragments; b) packstones with shallow-water benthic foraminifera such as Miliolidae, Cuneolina sp., Moncharmontia apenninica, Cuvillierinella sp. associated with Thaumatoporella parvovesicularifera, peloids, and a few rudist fragments; c) bindstones characterized by microbial coatings and a 'Thaumatoporella parvovesicularifera -Decastronema kotori' facies association (Schlagintweit et al, 2015). Ostracod shells, rudists and undifferentiated bioclasts are also present; ii) an uppermost interval (~6 m thick) lying unconformably on i) and showing coarse reworked rudist fragments showing imbrication (Fig.…”

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“…Facies and facies associations show striking similarities with the tropical-type flat-topped platform environments of the Late Cretaceous characterized by i) a rudist factory that developed at shallow depths with individual build-ups distributed in a subtidal silty-sand plain environment (Borgomano and Philip, 1987;Simone et al, 2003); ii) a restricted, foramol-type lagoon that acted as a recipient for bioclastic debris through episodic storms (Carannante et al, 1998;Moro et al, 2002); iii) a peritidal domain dominated by microbial sediment binding and mud ponds, subjected to episodic emersions (Simone et al, 2012;Schlagintweit et al, 2015); iv) a supratidal environment showing evidence of subaerial brecciation and karstification (Spalluto et al, 2007). These paleoenvironments and associated facies are extensively described in Italy Mancinelli, 1977, 2008;Eberli et al, 1993;Spalluto, 2012), the peri-Adriatic Realm (Vlahovi c et al, 2005;Brlek et al, 2013) and the Tethyan Realm (Tasli et al, 2006;Solak et al, 2017).…”

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The dismantling of the Apulian carbonate platform during the late Campanian – early Maastrichtian in Albania

Goff

Reijmer

Cérepi

et al. 2019

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Foraminiferan-calcimicrobial benthic communities from Upper Cretaceous shallow-water carbonates of Albania (Kruja Zone)

Cited by 12 publications

References 61 publications

Late Cretaceous palynoflora from the central part of the Adriatic Carbonate Platform (Islands of Hvar and Šćedro), southern Croatia

Late Cretaceous palynoflora from the central part of the Adriatic Carbonate Platform (Islands of Hvar and Šćedro), southern Croatia

New Late Cretaceous (Coniacian) sauropod tracks from Hvar Island, Croatia

The dismantling of the Apulian carbonate platform during the late Campanian – early Maastrichtian in Albania

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