Taxonomy and stratigraphy of an algal assemblage in Palaeogene deposits of the northern foothills of Mt. Biokovo (Southern Croatia)
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Calcareous algae (Dasycladales), taxonomy, stratigraphy, Eocene, Dinarides, Croatia
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A rich algal assemblage at the Kozica locality, in the northern foothills of Mt. Biokovo, contains, among other forms, Praturlonella salernitana BARATTOLO. In addition, the descriptions of Clypeina bucuri BARATTOLO & ROMANO and C. lucana BARATTOLO & ROMANO are updated, and the originally described Clypeina teakolarae RADOIČIĆ et al., has been tentatively transferred to the genus Falsolikanella GRANIER; hence Falsolikanella? teakolarae n. comb. Falsolikanella? macropora n. sp. is described, characterized by probable metaspondyle growth of clearly phloiophorous branches, differentiated individually into a narrow stalk and very long, markedly widened, outer part. Based on the algal assemblage as a whole, together with benthic and planktonic foraminifers, the stratigraphic position of the algal-bearing level has been defined as Ypresian (lowermost Eocene).
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BUCUR, I.I. (1993): Some new or poorly known calcareous algae (Dasycladales, Gymnocodiaceae) in the Lower Cretaceous deposits from the Resita–Moldova Noua zone (Southern Carpathians, Romania).– Rev. Espan. Micropal., 25/1, 93–126, Madrid.
BUCUR, I.I., KOCH, R., KIRMACI, Z.M. & TASLI, K. (2000): Les algues Dasycladales du Crétacé inférieur (Calcaire de Berdiga) de Kircaova (région de Kale–Gümüshane, NE Turquie).– Rev. Paléobiol., 19/2, 435–463, Genève.
CHIOCCHINI, M., MANCINELLI, A., MOLINARI-PAGANELLI, V. & TILIA-ZUCCARI, A. (1979): Répartition stratigraphique des algues Dasycladales et Codiacées dans les successions mésozoïques de plate-forme carbonatée du Lazio centre-méridional (Italie).– Bull. Cent. Rech. Explor.-Prod. Elf-Aquitaine, 3/2, 525–535, Pau.
CHIOCCHINI, M., FARINACCI, A., MANCINELLI, A., MOLINARI, U. & POTETTI, M. (1994): Biostratigrafia a foraminiferi, dasicladali e calpionelle delle succesioni carbonatiche mesozoiche dell’Appenino centrale (Italia).– In: MANCINELLI, A. (ed.): Biostratigrafia dell’Italia centrale. Studi Geol. Camerti, vol. spec., 3–128, Camerino.
CONRAD, M.A. & VAROL, B. (1990): Cylindroporella taurica, n.sp., urges to review different patterns of calcification in the Mesozoic Dasycladales (Green Algae).– Arch. Sci., 43/1, 193–214, Genève.
ĆOSOVIĆ, V., DROBNE, K. & MORO, A. (2004): Paleoenvironmental model for Eocene foraminiferal limestones of the Adriatic carbonate platform (Istrian Peninsula).– Facies, 50/1, 61–75.
ĆOSOVIĆ, V., MARJANAC, T., DROBNE, K.,. MORO, A. (2008): Outer Dinarides: eastern Adriatic coast.– In: MCCANN, T. (ed.): Geology of Central Europe. Geological Society London, 79–86.
DRAGASTAN, O., BUCUR, I.I. & DEMETER, I. (1978): Date noi privind biostratigrafia depozitelor barremian-albiene din partea central-estica a zonei Resita-Moldova Noua (Banat), obtinute prin forajul de referinta de la Sopotul Nou.- Dari de Seama ale Sedint., LXIV/5, 17–36, Bucuresti.
DROBNE, K. (1977): Alvéolines paléogènes de la Slovénie et de l’istrie. – Schweiz. Paläont. Abhandl., 99, 1-132.
DROBNE, K. (1985): Periloculina dalmatina a new Trematophorid Miliolid Foraminifera from the Cuisian of Yugoslavia. – Razprave 4.razr. SAZU, 26, 159-176.
DROBNE, K., ĆOSOVIĆ, V., MORO, A. & BUCKOVIĆ, D. (2011): The Role of the Palaeogene Adriatic Carbonate Platform in the Spatial Distribution of Alveolinids. – Turkish Journal of Earth Sci., 20, 721-751.
ENSSLIN, R. & SCHLAGINTWEIT, F. (1999): Contributions to the knowledge of Upper Cretaceous calcareous algae from the Central Middle Atlas Mountains, Morocc. – Z. dt. geol. Ges., 149/4, 473-486, Stuttgart.
GRANIER, B. (1986): Algues Chlorophyceae du Jurassique terminal et du Crétacé inférieur eu Alicante.– Mediterránea, Ser. Geol., 5, 5–96, Alicante.
GRANIER, B. (1987): Révision de Likanella campanensis Azéma & Jaffrezo, 1972, Algue Dasycladacée du Crétacé inférieur du Sud-Est de l’Espagne”.– Rev. Paléobiol., 6/2, 207–212, Genève.
GRANIER, B. & BERTHOU, P.Y. (1994): Description of Milanovicella momciliana n. gen., n. sp., algue dasycladales du Portlandien de l´Algarve Central (Portugal), et validation de quelques taxons affins.- Rev. Micropaléont., 37/2, 113-121.
GRANIER, B., BUCUR, I. I. & TRABOLD, G. (2000): Falsolikanella danilovae RADOIČIĆ ex BARATTOLO 1978, n. comb., a diploporacean alga from the Urgonian facies.– Acta Palaeont. Romaniae, 2, 177–181, Cluj Napoca.
KORBAR, T. (2009): Orogenic evolution of the External Dinarides in the NE Adriatic region: a model constrained by tectonostratigraphy of Upper Cretaceous to Paleogene carbonates.– Earth-Science Reviews, 96/4, 296–312.
KUSS, J. 1994: Cretaceous (Albian-Turonian) calcareous algae from Egypt and Jordan – systematic, stratigraphy and paleogeography.- Abh. Geol. B.-A., 50, 295-317.
KUSS, J. & CONRAD, M.A. (1991) Calcareous algae from Cretaceous carbonates of Egypt, Sinai, and Southern Jordan.- J. Paleont., 65/5, 869-882.
RADOIČIĆ, R. (1969): Likanella ? danilovae n. sp. and some other Lower Cretaceous Dasycladaceae from the outer Dinarides.– Bull. Inst. geol. geoph. Res. (Geology), A, 26 (1968), 237–275, Beograd.
RADOIČIĆ, R. (1974): A new Palaeocene Actinoporella (Dasycladaceae), a preliminary report.– Bull. sci. Cons. Acad. Yougosl. (A), 19, 9–10, Zagreb.
RADOIČIĆ, R. (1995): On the age of limestone with Actinoporella kukoci Radoičić, 1975 and Praturlonella salernitana Barattolo, 1978 (Dasycladacean algues).– Rev. Paleobiol., 14/1, 95–105.
RADOIČIĆ, R. (2004): Note on Paleocene Algae in the Dubrovnik Coast (Adriatic Carbonate Platform).– Ann. Geol. Penins. Balkanique, 65, 29–45, Beograd.
RADOIČIĆ, R., JURKOVŠEK B. & JOVANOVIĆ, D. (2011): Clypeina teakolarae sp. nov., a dasycladalean alga from Lower Eocene of Rakitovec (Čićarija, Slovenia).– Geologija, 54/1, 13–30, Ljubljana.
SCHLAGINTWEIT, F. (1990): Taxonomic revision of Likanella hammudai RADOICIC, 1975, dasycladacean alga from the Upper Cretaceous of the Northern Calcareous Alps (Gosau Formation, Coniaciuan). – Rev. Paléobiol., 9/2, 257-261.
SERRA-KIEL, J., HOTTINGER, L., DROBNE, K., FERRÀNDEZ-CANADELL, C., LESS, GY., JAUHRI, A.K., PIGNATTI, J., SAMSÓ, J.M., SIREL, E., TAMBAREAU, Y., TOSQUELLA, J., ZAKREVSKAYA, E. (1998): Larger foraminifera biostratigraphy of the Tethyan Paleocene and Eocene.- Bull. Soc. géol. France, 169, 281-299.
SOKAČ, B. (1996): Taxonomic Review of Some Barremian and Aptian Calcareous Algae (Dasycladales) from the Dinaric and Adriatic Karst Regions of Croatia.– Geol. Croat, 49/1, 1–79.
VECCHIO, E., BARATTOLO, F. & HOTTINGER, L. (2007): Alveolina Horizons in the Trentinara Formation (Southern Apennines, Italy): Stratigraphic and Paleogeographic Implication. - Riv. Ital. Paleont. Startgr. , 113/1, 21-42.
VELIĆ, I. (2007): Stratigraphy and Palaeobiogeography of Mesozoic Benthic Foraminifera of the Karst Dinarides (SE Europe).– Geol. Croat., 60/1, 1–114.
VLAHOVIĆ, I., TIŠLJAR, J., VELIĆ, I. & MATIČEC, D. (2005): Evolution of the Adriatic Carbonate Platform: Palaeogeography, main events and depositional dynamics.– Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 220, 333–360.