Open AccessLOWER CRETACEOUS CARBONATE DEPOSITS FROM THE DEREZNA BOREHOLE (CARPATHO-BALKKANIDES, EASTERN SERBIA) AND REMARKS ON SOME DASYCLADALEAN ALGAE
Author(s) -
Ioan I. Bucur,
Divna Jovanović,
Rajka Radoičić,
Milan Sudar,
Cristian Victor Mircescu
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
acta palaeontologica romaniae
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2248-3802
pISSN - 1842-371X
DOI - 10.35463/j.apr.2021.01.01
Subject(s) - cretaceous , borehole , carbonate , geology , algae , paleontology , abundance (ecology) , botany , biology , ecology , chemistry , organic chemistry
An exploratory borehole cross-cutting Miocene deposits near Derezna (south of Kučevo town, Eastern Serbia) has intercepted Lower Cretaceous carbonate rocks in its lower part. The identified microfacies and micropaleontological associations indicate a Barremian age for these limestones. Among the identified dasycladalean algae, Salpingoporella patruliusi Bucur, a generally rare alga, is here recorded in relatively high abundance. Its occurrence is recorded for the first time in Serbia. Similiclypeina aff. somalica (Conrad et al.) is another dasycladalean species identified for the first time in the region. Its presence allows us to make some remarks concerning the two genera Similiclypeina and Piriferella.