Sinemurian ammonites from Male Karpaty Mts., Western Carpathians, Slovakia. Part 1: Phylloceratoidea, Lytoceratoidea, Schlotheimiidae

Authors: Meister, Christian; Schlögl, Jan; Rakús, Milos

Source: Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen, Volume 259, Number 1, January 2011 , pp. 25-88(64)

Publisher: E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung

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Abstract:

Among the rich ammonite fauna of the condensed section of Chtelnica (Western Carpathians) 33 species are discussed for the Phylloceratoidea [Phylloceratidae (5), Juraphyllitidae (5)], Lytoceratoidea [Pleuroacanthidae (6), Lytoceratidae (4)] and Schlotheimiidae (13). Five species are new: Lytotropites compressus, Lytoceras perplexum, Angulaticeras (Sulciferites) helvii, Angulaticeras (Sulciferites) chtelnicaense, and Angulaticeras (Angulaticeras) spinosus n. sp. The latter is a key taxon to the understanding of the origin of the Phricodoceratidae. The age of the fauna covers a large period in the Sinemurian from the Bucklandi Zone up to the Turneri and/or partim Obtusum Zones.

Keywords: AMMONITES; LOWER JURASSIC; SINEMURIAN; CARPATHIANS; SLOVAKIA

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1127/0077-7749/2010/0105

Publication date: 2011-01-01

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