Open AccessThe Middle Cenomanian basal series of Planinica, Western Serbia
Author(s) -
Dragoman Rabrenović,
Dušan Vasić,
Jovanka Mitrovic-Petrovic,
Vladan J. Radulović,
Barbara V. Radulović,
R Danica Sreckovic-Batocanin
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
geološki anali balkanskoga poluostrva/geološki anali balkanskog poluostrva
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2406-0747
pISSN - 0350-0608
DOI - 10.2298/gabp0264013r
Subject(s) - cenomanian , geology , paleontology , clastic rock , ammonite , marl , sedimentary rock , cretaceous , series (stratigraphy) , biostratigraphy , structural basin
Sedimentary rocks of the Upper Cretaceous basal series found at the village of Planinica, Western Serbia, are composed of thick coarse clastics and beds and intercalations of medium- to fine-grained clastics. The series lies transgressively over Jurassic serpentinite and peridotite, and under Upper Miocene marlstone and marly limestone. Sedimentary, petrographic, paleontological, and biostratigraphic characteristics of the basal series are described and its lithological members and their structural features are identified. From medium-grained sandy matrix in thick coarse clastics, two ammonite taxa, four brachiopod taxa (including the new taxa Orbirhynchia oweni and "Terebratula" n. gen. et sp.), and eleven echinoid taxa are described. The brachiopod species Kingena concinna Owen is used in dating the basal series as Middle Cenomanian, whereas limestone fragments in coarse clastics correspond to the Late Albian and Early Cenomanian