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The lowermost Cretaceous from the western part of Carpatho- Balkanides

(Eastern Serbia): the Kamenica section

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The lowermost Cretaceous from the western part of Carpatho-

Balkanides (Eastern Serbia): the Kamenica section.

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Keywords: Foraminifera, Calcareous Algae, Lower Cretaceous, Eastern Serbia

Introduction
The investigated carbonate succession crops out north-north-east of Nis city, in the vicinity of
Kamenica village. The limestones from this area belong to the Kurilovo fold structure (Krstiö et al.,
1978, 1980). The Kurilovo anticline is part of the Gornjak-Stuva Planina Unit, the westeffImost
part of the Carpatho-Balkanids of Eastern Serbia. On the geological map 1:100,000, sheet
Aleksinac (Krstiö et al., 1978, 1'980) the Lower Cretaceous carbonate deposits of the Kamenica
area are assigned to the Valanginian-Hauterivian and Barremian-Aptian. Radoiöiö (1978)
distinguished four informal lithological members and considered that the preliminary information
indicates that the dasycladalean-bearing sequences, assigned to the Barremian on the geological
map, in fact belong to the Neocomian (Berriasian-lower Valanginian). Polavder (2014) studied the
orbitolinids from the Kamenica section and separated several biosequences: A to C (Berriasian), E
and F (Hauterivian-lower Barremian). Polavder also supposed a gap between the upper Berriasian
and late.Hauterivian. The age of biosequences E and F (late Hauterivian-early Barremian) was
based on the following orbitolinids: Yalserina primitiva, Paleadictyoconus beckerae,
Orbitolinopsis debelmasi, Paracoskinolina? jourdanensrs and Paracoskinolina cf. hispanica
(Polavder, 2014).
Due to the presence of foraminifera and dasycladalean algae characteristic for the Berriasian to
Valanginian within these orbitolinid-rich interuals (cf. Radoiöiö,1978) the whole succession was
sarnpled again.

Results
The lower Cretaceous succession from Kamenica valley develops conformably over the upper
Jurassic limestones, and has a thickness of about 200 m. The lower part consists of fenestral
mudstone and wackestone to wackestone-packstone with benthic foraminifera and dasycladalean
algae. It is followed by ooidic to bioclastic-peloidal-intraclastic grainstone, also containing
dasycladaleans and benthic foraminifera zmong frequent Coscinoconzs specimens. Upwards the
microfacies becomes more mud-suppor{ed (ooidic-bioclastic-intraclastic and ooidal packstone), but
still rich in microbiota. The first orbitolinids appear at about the middle part of this Interval, be-
coming more abundant in the last 60-70 m within a wackestone to wackestone-packstone
microfacies.
The whole succession contains a rich assemblage of benthic foraminifera and calcareous algae
characteristic for the Beniasian-Lower Valanginian. Among the foraminifera we mention:
Coscinoconus alpinus, C. campanellus, C. cherchiae, C. delphinensis, C. chouberti, Darutbiella
gracilima, Freixialirua planispiralis, Ilaplophragmoides jowkowskyi, Meandrospira favrei,
Mohlerina basiliensis, Montsalevia salevensis, Moulladella jourdanensis, Pfenderina
neocomiensis, Protopeneroplis cf. banatica, Pseudocyclammina lituus, Scythiolina div. sp., and

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Torinosuella peneropliformis" The algae assemblage consists of: Actinoporella podolica, Clypeina
parasolkani, Cyiindrrsporella fcronensis, Falsolikanella campanensis, Pseudocyrnopolia
pluricellata, Raikaella bartheli, R. iailensis, R. lascarevi, Salpingoporella circassa, S. katzeri, S.
praturlani, S. steinhauseri and Zergabriella embergeri. It is worth mentioning that this typical
Berriasian-lorver Vaianginian foraminifera and calcareous algae occur together r,vith the
orbitolinids from the upper part of the succession. Assuming that the orbitolinid fauna was correct-
ly identified by Polavder (2014), we have to face two totally different conclusions:
l. The stratigraphic ranges of all these ffiical Berriasian-lower Valanginian fcrraminifera and
algae have to be extended to the Hauterivian-Barremian [Remark: Nowhere within the
Tethyan domain these typical Berriasian-early Valanginian foraminifera and algae were
found in deposits younger than the Valanginian (e.g. Arnaud-Vanneau et al., 1988; Chioc-
chini et a1.,7994; Luperto Sinni & Masse, 1994; Neagu,1994; Granier & Bucur,2011;
Granier, 20191.
2. The ranges of the orbitolinids from the Kamenica section have not been correctly aitributed
to late Hauterivian-early Barremian species, or that some of these taxa have their first oc-
cutrence dates (FOD) already in the late Berriasian-early Valanginian fRemark: The late
Hauterivian-early Barremian age was deduced from their ranges in the Urgonian §,;pe area,
e.g., Clavel et a1.,2010). Note that in this area the flrst orbitolinids were recorded from the
iate Hauterivian.].
The restudy of the orbitolinid fauna frorn the Kamenica section (in progress) will bring more light
into this dilemma. Enyhow, as Radoiöiö (1978) akeady supposed, there are more arguments to con-
iider that the whole succession from the Kamenica section belong to the lowermost Cretaceous
(Berriasian-lower Valan ginian).

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