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Lower and Middle Cenomanian ammonites from the Morondava Basin, Madagascar
Lower and Middle Cenomanian ammonite assemblages have been collected on a bed-by-bed basis from localities at Vohipaly and Mahaboboka, Madagascar, as well as from outcrops around Berekata, all in the Morondava Basin, southwest Madagascar. These collections demonstrate the presence of the upper Lower Cenomanian Mantelliceras dixoni Zone and the lower Middle Cenomanian Cunningtoniceras inerme Zone of the north-western European standard sequence. These records indicate that the striking anomalies in the zonal assemblages of the classic divisions of the Madagascan Cenomanian are based on mixed assemblages, rather than a succession that differs radically from that elsewhere in the world. The dixoni Zone fauna is: Desmoceras cf. latidorsatum (Michelin, 1838), Pachydesmoceras kossmati Matsumoto, 1987, Forbesiceras sp., F. baylissiWright & Kennedy, 1984, F. largilliertianum (d'Orbigny, 1841), Mantelliceras cantianum Spath, 1926a, M. dixoni Spath, 1926b, M. mantelli (J. Sowerby, 1814), M. picteti Hyatt, 1903, M. saxbii (Sharpe, 1857), Sharpeiceras sp., S. falloti (Collignon, 1931), S. mocambiquense (Choffat, 1903), S. cf. florencae Spath, 1925, Acompsoceras renevieri (Sharpe, 1857), A. tenue Collignon, 1964, Calycoceras sp., Mrhiliceras lapparenti (PervinquiÄre, 1907), Mariella (Mariella) stolizcai (Collignon, 1964), Hypoturrilites taxyfabreae (Collignon, 1964), Turrilites scheuchzerianus Bosc, 1801, Sciponoceras cucullatum Collignon, 1964, and Sciponoceras antanimangaensis (Collignon, 1964). The presence of Calycoceras in a Lower Cenomanian association represents a precocious appearance of a genus typically Middle and Upper Cenomanian in occurrence, and matches records from Tunisia. The inerme Zone yields a more restricted assemblage: Pachydesmoceras kossmati, Forbesiceras baylissi, Acanthoceras sp. juv., Cunningtoniceras cunningtoni (Sharpe, 1855) and Hypoturrilites taxyfabreae
Lower Cretaceous (Hauterivian-Albian) ammonite biostratigraphy in the Maestrat Basin (E Spain)
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Integrated stratigraphy of the Upper Hauterivian to Lower Barremian Agua de la Mula Member of the Agrio Formation, Neuquén Basin, Argentina
The Upper Hauterivian to Lower Barremian Agua de la Mula Member of the Agrio Formation (NeuquĂ©n Basin, Argentina) was studied applying an integrated stratigraphic approach and facies analysis. The ammonite biostratigraphy of the member has been improved based on bed-by-bed collecting. The already defined biozones (S. riccardii, C. schlagintweiti, C. diamantensis and P.groeberi) were recognized, precisely related to the succession, and further refinement was proposed. Sequences of different order are built by stacked starvation/dilution (S/D) sequences, regarded here as sixth order sequences with only two components that can be unequivocally distinguished: the lower starvation hemisequence and the upper dilution hemisequence. Pro- and retrogradational stacking pattern of S/D sequences define supra-ordinate sequences. The sequence-stratigraphic analysis resulted in the subdivision of the member into four main depositional sequences (DSAM-1 to -4) and several subordinate sequences. Previously published sequence stratigraphic charts of the NeuquĂ©n Basin did not relate sedimentary sequences to biozones, and are hence not comparable to the scheme presented here and other charts. Our study shows a good agreement with the sequence-chronostratigraphic scheme of European basins, thus arguing in favour of a predominantly eustatic control on sequence development during the Late Hauterivian to Early Barremian. A latest Early Barremian age is proposed for the almost ammonite-barren upper part of the Agrio Formation, based on correlations of sequence boundaries.Fil: Archuby, Fernando. GeoZentrum Nordbayern; Alemania. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones CientĂficas y TĂ©cnicas. Oficina de CoordinaciĂłn Administrativa Parque Centenario. Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales âBernardino Rivadaviaâ; ArgentinaFil: Wilmsen, Markus. Museum fĂŒr Mineralogie und Geologie; AlemaniaFil: Leanza, Hector Armando. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones CientĂficas y TĂ©cnicas. Oficina de CoordinaciĂłn Administrativa Parque Centenario. Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales âBernardino Rivadaviaâ; Argentina. SecretarĂa de Industria y MinerĂa. Servicio GeolĂłgico Minero Argentino; Argentin
Biostratigrafie spodnĂ kĆĂdy manĂnskĂ© jednotky (lom Butkov, StrĂĄĆŸovskĂ© vrchy, ZĂĄpadnĂ Karpaty)
This paper is a continuation of systematic stratigraphical research of Lower Cretaceous sequence
of the ManĂn Unit excavated in the Butkov quarry. Calcareous deposits are significant especially by richness of ammonites. Attention is focused on the parts enabling the definition of ammonite zones. The following ammonite zones were determined: the Campylotoxus Zone (Early Valanginian), the Furcillata Zone (Late Valanginian), the Balearis Zone (Late Hauterivian) and boundary between the Pulchella Zone and
the Compresissima Zone (Early Barremian). Non-calcareous and calcareous dinoflagellates, calpionellids and calcareous nannoplankton were analysed in the same places to provide a correlation of their ranges
with ammonite zones.Tato prĂĄce je pokraÄovĂĄnĂm systematickĂœch stratigrafickĂœch vĂœzkumĆŻ spodnokĆĂdovĂœch uloĆŸenin manĂnskĂ© jednotky tÄĆŸenĂœch v lomu Butkov. TamÄjĆĄĂ karbonĂĄtovĂ© uloĆŸeniny se vyznaÄujĂ bohatĂœm vĂœskytem amonitĆŻ. Pozornost je vÄnovĂĄna ĂșsekĆŻm umoĆŸĆujĂcĂm definovĂĄnĂ amonitovĂœch zĂłn. ZjiĆĄtÄny byly nĂĄsledujĂcĂ amonitovĂ© zĂłny: zĂłna Campylotoxus (spodnĂ valangin), zĂłna Furcillata (svrchnĂ valangin), zĂłna Balearis (svrchnĂ hauteriv) a hraniÄnĂ uloĆŸeniny mezi zĂłnou Pulchella a zĂłnou Compressissima (spodnĂ barrem). Ve stejnĂœch ĂșsecĂch byly studovĂĄny vzorky na nevĂĄpnitĂĄ a vĂĄpnitĂĄ dinoflagelĂĄta, kalpionely
a vĂĄpnitĂœ nanoplankton za ĂșÄelem jejich korelace s pĆĂsluĆĄnĂœmi amonitovĂœmi zĂłnami
The distribution of the ammonite Gravesia (Salfeld, 1913) in the Kimmeridge Clay Formation (Late Jurassic) in Britain
Species of the ammonite Gravesia (Salfeld, 1913) have a widespread distribution in Europe over a relatively narrow stratigraphical
range in the late Kimmeridgian and early Tithonian stages. The genus is a warm-water form that reaches its maximum
stratigraphical range in the Submediterranean faunal province in central France and south Germany where six species have been
recognised. Four of these, G. gigas (Zieten, 1830), G. gravesiana (dâOrbigny, 1850), G. irius (dâOrbigny, 1850) and G. lafauriana
Hantzpergue, 1987 have been recorded in the Kimmeridge Clay Formation. A few examples have been found in cored boreholes,
but most have come from the cliff and foreshore outcrops at Brandy Bay and Kimmeridge Bay in Dorset. The distribution of
Gravesia in Britain is mostly restricted to the more calcareous parts of the succession where they represent migrations of a warmer
water fauna into a region in which the ammonite assemblages were dominated by Subboreal forms of Aulacostephanus and
Pectinatites. The palaeogeography of the late Jurassic in central and North West Europe comprised relatively small land areas
separated by seaways that became progressively more restricted with time. In late Kimmeridgian and early Tithonian/Volgian
times, migrations of warmer- and cooler-water ammonites through these seaways gave rise to mixed assemblages that enable
correlations to be made between the local zonal schemes in the Submediterranean and Subboreal faunal provinces. Gravesia is
one of the few ammonites that has a stratigraphical range that crosses the Kimmeridgian-Tithonian and Kimmeridgian-Volgian
boundaries, and which has a large geographical distribution which includes much of North West and Central Europe and as far
east as the Subarctic Urals. The known distribution of the genus in Britain is summarised herein, along with the first detailed
account of its occurrence in the Kimmeridge Clay Formation in the Dorset type section
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