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Cretaceous Research, Jul 1, 2023
Zeitschrift Der Deutschen Gesellschaft Fur Geowissenschaften, Jul 2, 2020
During the Cretaceous (145.5-65.5 Ma; Gradstein et al. 2004). Central Europe was part of the Euro... more During the Cretaceous (145.5-65.5 Ma; Gradstein et al. 2004). Central Europe was part of the European continental plate, which was bordered by the North Atlantic ocean and the Arctic Sea to the NW and north, the Bay of Biscay to the SW, the northern branch of the Tethys Ocean to the south, and by the East European Platform to the east (Fig. 15.1). The evolution of sedimentary basins was influenced by the interplay of two main global processes: plate tectonics and eustatic sea-level change. Plate tectonic reconfigurations resulted in the widening of the Central Atlantic, and the opening of the Bay of Biscay. The South Atlantic opening caused a counter-clockwise rotation of Africa, which was coeval with the closure of the Tethys Ocean. Both motions terminated the Permian-Early Cretaceous North Sea rifting and placed Europe in a transtensional stress field. The long-term eustatic sea-level rise resulted in the highest sea level during Phanerozoic times (haq et al. 1988;Hardenbol et al....
Evaluation
... The Salzgitter-Salder Quarry (Lower Saxony, Germany) and S?upia Nadbrze?na river cliff sectio... more ... The Salzgitter-Salder Quarry (Lower Saxony, Germany) and S?upia Nadbrze?na river cliff section (central Poland): a proposed candidate composite Global Boundary Stratotype Section and Point for the Coniacian Stage (Upper Cretaceous) Ireneusz Walaszczyk, Christopher J ...
Gauthieria mosae is recorded for the first time from upper Campanian (Belemnitella minor/Nostocer... more Gauthieria mosae is recorded for the first time from upper Campanian (Belemnitella minor/Nostoceras polyplocum Zone) strata at the Teutonia Nord quarry in the Hannover area (northwest Germany), with two specimens available. This spe-cies was previously known only from the lower upper Campanian (basiplana/spiniger Zone and higher) of the province of Liège, northeast Belgium. In addition, a specimen of Gauthieria aff. pseudoradiata, from the B. minor/N. polyplocum Zone as well at the Teutonia Nord quarry, is illustrated and discussed in an attempt to elucidate the confused taxonomy of this form.
In the Hannover area, Campanian (Upper Cretaceous) echinoderm-bearing strata are excellently expo... more In the Hannover area, Campanian (Upper Cretaceous) echinoderm-bearing strata are excellently exposed in three large quarries (map sheet TK 25 3625 Lehrte: Teutonia Nord, Teutonia AG, SE of Hannover; Alemannia, Holcim AG, 1 km SE of Hannover and Germania IV, Teutonia AG, in the SE of Hannover; Fig. 1). Structurally, they are located in the Lehrte West syncline. Stratigraphic position: Lithostratigraphically, the visited succession belongs to the Misburg Formation. Biostratigraphic subdivision in the area is based mainly on irregular echinoids and belemnites. The quarries cover an interval from the Lower Campanian lingua/quadrata Zone to the Upper Campanian minor/polyplocum/vulgaris Assemblage Zone (Fig. 2), and the total composite thickness of the succession is ca. 380 m (100 m Alemannia, 280 m Teutonia). Sedimentology and Palaeontology: The Campanian sediments in the excursion area were deposited on a wide epicontinental shelf-sea. Compared to the concomitant distal pure white chalk...
Zeitschrift der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Geowissenschaften, 2006
ABSTRACT The Subhercynian Cretaceous Basin and the adjacent basement high of the Harz Mountains i... more ABSTRACT The Subhercynian Cretaceous Basin and the adjacent basement high of the Harz Mountains in Central Germany represent one of the key structures for Late Cretaceous intraplate deformation of Western and Central Europe. A well-exposed 2,500 m thick basin-fill of syntectonic deposits reflects the tectonic history of the area and allows a precise reconstruction of timing and amount of uplift of the surrounding source areas, especially the exhumation of the Harz.The basin history is reflected within 4 depositional units (A-D), each characterized by distinct facies associations. The formation of the Subhercynian Cretaceous Basin started in the Turonian and continued into the Campanian (about 10 Ma), as suggested by a distinctive thickness trend indicating a narrow NW-SE orientated subsidence axis in front of the thrusted basement block of the Harz. While Cenomanian and Turonian deposits are dominated by pelagic limestones without major siliciclastic input, the majority of Coniacian to Campanian deposits is dominated by sandy and marly deposits, which were derived from adjacent source areas. Coniacian storm-dominated deposits and Santonian deposits of a low-energy delta plain to tidal-flat environment consist of sands that were predominantely shed from the northeast and east. The Santonian facies belts are modified by the activity of the Harznordrand Thrust. During the Early Campanian, the eastern source area lost its influence and the exhumed basement south of the Harznordrand Thrust acted as a source area (distal rocky shore deposits). The observed changes in facies and the varying activity of different source areas are explained by the interaction of eustacy and tectonics and not by individual tectonic pulses. A continuously growing anticline (fault-propagation fold) above the Harznordrand Thrust acted as a source area during low sea level while high sea level led to the formation of progressive unconformities on the rotated sediments in front of the thrust and subsequent deposition on the uplifting swell with clastic deposits derived from a source area in the east. German Das Subherzyne Kreidebecken und die benachbarte Grundgebirgshochlage des Harzes sind eine Schlüsselstruktur für das Verständnis der kreidezeitlichen Intraplattendeformation in West- und Mitteleuropa. Die tektonische Geschichte des Gebiets wird in den gut aufgeschlossenen syntektonischen Sedimenten des Subherzynen Beckens widergespiegelt. Die Beckenfüllung erlaubt eine sehr präzise Rekonstruktion der faziellen Entwicklung und der Liefergebiete, insbesondere die Raum-Zeit-Analyse der Harz-Hebung.Seit dem Turon widerspiegelt ein ausgeprägter Mächtigkeitstrend die Bildung einer schmalen Subsidenzachse direkt vor dem überschobenen Harz-Block. Die Absenkung des Beckens hielt bis zum Campan an und führte in nur 10 Millionen Jahren zur Akkumulation einer bis zu 2500 m mächtigen Sedimentserie. Die Beckengeschichte kann in vier deutlich separierte Sedimentationseinheiten (A-D) unterteilt werden, die jeweils durch bestimmte Faziesassoziationen gekennzeichnet sind. Während die pelagischen Karbonate des Cenoman und Turon keinen nennenswerten siliziklastischen Eintrag enthalten, wird die Sedimentation vom Coniac bis zum Campan durch sandige und mergelige Ablagerungen beherrscht, die von den umgebenden Hochgebieten stammen. Die proximalen Sande und Konglomerate des Coniac (sturmdominiert) und Santon (niedrig-energetische Delta- und Gezeitensedimente) stammen mehrheitlich nicht vom Harz, sondern von nordöstlich und östlich gelegenen Liefergebieten. Erst die Faziesgürtel des Santon werden durch die aktive Harznordrandüberschiebung und ein assoziiertes Liefergebiet im Süden modifiziert. Während des Campans verlor das östlich angrenzende Liefergebiet seinen Einfluss und das exhumierte variszische Grundgebirge des Harzes im Süden bildete das Liefergebiet (distale Felsküsten-Ablagerungen). Die beobachteten Faziesvariationen und die wechselnde Aktivität der Liefergebiete werden nicht mit phasenhafter tektonischer Aktivität in Verbindung gebracht, sondern können durch das Wechselspiel kontinuierlicher tektonischer Aktivität und eustatischer Meeresspiegelschwankungen erklärt werden. Während niedriger Meeresspiegelstände bildete eine kontinuierlich wachsende Antiklinale über der Harznordrand-Überschiebung (fault-propagation fold) das Liefergebiet. Steigender Meeresspiegel führte mehrfach zur Überdeckung der Aufwölbung mit Sedimenten, die von den östlich gelegenen Liefergebieten stammen und zur Bildung progressiver Winkeldiskordanzen auf den rotierten Sedimentserien vor der Überschiebung führten.
Cretaceous Research, 2012
The phylogenetic origin of the Sepiida is still unclear. The presumed derivation from diplobelid ... more The phylogenetic origin of the Sepiida is still unclear. The presumed derivation from diplobelid belemnoids can be tested by comparison of their initial chambers (protoconchs). The first investigation of a juvenile phragmocone of the diplobelid Conoteuthis hayakawai from the Cenomanian of Hokkaido (northern Japan) yielded surprising insights into the internal protoconch morphology of the Diplobelida. The Conoteuthis protoconch exhibits in many aspects a mosaic of the belemnitid and the spirulid protoconch types. Whereas the sepiid protoconch represents most probably a modification of the spirulid type, the Conoteuthis protoconch is unique in having a closed (imperforated) proseptum. Apart from this, Conoteuthis differs in many other characters from the earliest sepiids (Ceratisepia, Belosepia), which makes a closer relationship unlikely.
During the Cretaceous (145.5-65.5 Ma; Gradstein et al. 2004). Central Europe was part of the Euro... more During the Cretaceous (145.5-65.5 Ma; Gradstein et al. 2004). Central Europe was part of the European continental plate, which was bordered by the North Atlantic ocean and the Arctic Sea to the NW and north, the Bay of Biscay to the SW, the northern branch of the Tethys Ocean to the south, and by the East European Platform to the east (Fig. 15.1). The evolution of sedimentary basins was influenced by the interplay of two main global processes: plate tectonics and eustatic sea-level change. Plate tectonic reconfigurations resulted in the widening of the Central Atlantic, and the opening of the Bay of Biscay. The South Atlantic opening caused a counter-clockwise rotation of Africa, which was coeval with the closure of the Tethys Ocean. Both motions terminated the Permian-Early Cretaceous North Sea rifting and placed Europe in a transtensional stress field. The long-term eustatic sea-level rise resulted in the highest sea level during Phanerozoic times (haq et al. 1988;Hardenbol et al....
Newsletters on Stratigraphy, 2014
ABSTRACT The Rosario section in northern Coahuila, northeastern Mexico, contains a complete recor... more ABSTRACT The Rosario section in northern Coahuila, northeastern Mexico, contains a complete record of sediment across the Turonian – Coniacian boundary. Here we describe the inoceramids and the biozonation based on these bivalves. Inoceramus longealatus, Mytiloides herbichi, M. incertus, M. scupini, Didymotis costatus, Cremnoceramus waltersdorfensis waltersdorfensis, C. waltersdorfensis hannovrensis, C. deformis erectus, and C. crassus inconstans, were identified at El Rosario. The uppermost Turonian Mytiloides scupini and C. waltersdorfensis w. zones and the lower Coniacian C. crassus inconstans zones are well represented and are much more expanded than in sections of the US Western Interior and Europe. The index for the base of the Coniacian, C. deformis erectus, is also present, although few data exist to date from the critical Turon ian – Coniacian boundary level. Ammonites are rare, mostly endemic and provide a much lower resolution across the Turonian – Coniacian boundary than inoceramids. We suggest that various acmes observed across the Turonian – Coniacian boundary are driven by local or regional rather than by global causes. The Rosario section provides an expanded sediment and complete inoceramid record across the Turonian – Coniacian boundary.
Acta Geologica Polonica, 2010
Paläontologische Zeitschrift, 2009
The heteromorphic ammonite genus Pictetia has previously been included in the Lytoceratidae. A re... more The heteromorphic ammonite genus Pictetia has previously been included in the Lytoceratidae. A reassessment of literature data and a detailed analysis of the suture shows that Pictetia lacks a septal lobe as well as a bifid internal lobe and lateral lobe, all features indicative of the Lytoceratidae. This and the quadrilobate suture line, combined with the loose coiling of the shell, indicate that it should be included in the polyphyletic suborder ''Ancyloceratina''. Any further systematic assessment is impossible at the moment.
Cretaceous Research, Jul 1, 2023
Zeitschrift Der Deutschen Gesellschaft Fur Geowissenschaften, Jul 2, 2020
During the Cretaceous (145.5-65.5 Ma; Gradstein et al. 2004). Central Europe was part of the Euro... more During the Cretaceous (145.5-65.5 Ma; Gradstein et al. 2004). Central Europe was part of the European continental plate, which was bordered by the North Atlantic ocean and the Arctic Sea to the NW and north, the Bay of Biscay to the SW, the northern branch of the Tethys Ocean to the south, and by the East European Platform to the east (Fig. 15.1). The evolution of sedimentary basins was influenced by the interplay of two main global processes: plate tectonics and eustatic sea-level change. Plate tectonic reconfigurations resulted in the widening of the Central Atlantic, and the opening of the Bay of Biscay. The South Atlantic opening caused a counter-clockwise rotation of Africa, which was coeval with the closure of the Tethys Ocean. Both motions terminated the Permian-Early Cretaceous North Sea rifting and placed Europe in a transtensional stress field. The long-term eustatic sea-level rise resulted in the highest sea level during Phanerozoic times (haq et al. 1988;Hardenbol et al....
Evaluation
... The Salzgitter-Salder Quarry (Lower Saxony, Germany) and S?upia Nadbrze?na river cliff sectio... more ... The Salzgitter-Salder Quarry (Lower Saxony, Germany) and S?upia Nadbrze?na river cliff section (central Poland): a proposed candidate composite Global Boundary Stratotype Section and Point for the Coniacian Stage (Upper Cretaceous) Ireneusz Walaszczyk, Christopher J ...
Gauthieria mosae is recorded for the first time from upper Campanian (Belemnitella minor/Nostocer... more Gauthieria mosae is recorded for the first time from upper Campanian (Belemnitella minor/Nostoceras polyplocum Zone) strata at the Teutonia Nord quarry in the Hannover area (northwest Germany), with two specimens available. This spe-cies was previously known only from the lower upper Campanian (basiplana/spiniger Zone and higher) of the province of Liège, northeast Belgium. In addition, a specimen of Gauthieria aff. pseudoradiata, from the B. minor/N. polyplocum Zone as well at the Teutonia Nord quarry, is illustrated and discussed in an attempt to elucidate the confused taxonomy of this form.
In the Hannover area, Campanian (Upper Cretaceous) echinoderm-bearing strata are excellently expo... more In the Hannover area, Campanian (Upper Cretaceous) echinoderm-bearing strata are excellently exposed in three large quarries (map sheet TK 25 3625 Lehrte: Teutonia Nord, Teutonia AG, SE of Hannover; Alemannia, Holcim AG, 1 km SE of Hannover and Germania IV, Teutonia AG, in the SE of Hannover; Fig. 1). Structurally, they are located in the Lehrte West syncline. Stratigraphic position: Lithostratigraphically, the visited succession belongs to the Misburg Formation. Biostratigraphic subdivision in the area is based mainly on irregular echinoids and belemnites. The quarries cover an interval from the Lower Campanian lingua/quadrata Zone to the Upper Campanian minor/polyplocum/vulgaris Assemblage Zone (Fig. 2), and the total composite thickness of the succession is ca. 380 m (100 m Alemannia, 280 m Teutonia). Sedimentology and Palaeontology: The Campanian sediments in the excursion area were deposited on a wide epicontinental shelf-sea. Compared to the concomitant distal pure white chalk...
Zeitschrift der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Geowissenschaften, 2006
ABSTRACT The Subhercynian Cretaceous Basin and the adjacent basement high of the Harz Mountains i... more ABSTRACT The Subhercynian Cretaceous Basin and the adjacent basement high of the Harz Mountains in Central Germany represent one of the key structures for Late Cretaceous intraplate deformation of Western and Central Europe. A well-exposed 2,500 m thick basin-fill of syntectonic deposits reflects the tectonic history of the area and allows a precise reconstruction of timing and amount of uplift of the surrounding source areas, especially the exhumation of the Harz.The basin history is reflected within 4 depositional units (A-D), each characterized by distinct facies associations. The formation of the Subhercynian Cretaceous Basin started in the Turonian and continued into the Campanian (about 10 Ma), as suggested by a distinctive thickness trend indicating a narrow NW-SE orientated subsidence axis in front of the thrusted basement block of the Harz. While Cenomanian and Turonian deposits are dominated by pelagic limestones without major siliciclastic input, the majority of Coniacian to Campanian deposits is dominated by sandy and marly deposits, which were derived from adjacent source areas. Coniacian storm-dominated deposits and Santonian deposits of a low-energy delta plain to tidal-flat environment consist of sands that were predominantely shed from the northeast and east. The Santonian facies belts are modified by the activity of the Harznordrand Thrust. During the Early Campanian, the eastern source area lost its influence and the exhumed basement south of the Harznordrand Thrust acted as a source area (distal rocky shore deposits). The observed changes in facies and the varying activity of different source areas are explained by the interaction of eustacy and tectonics and not by individual tectonic pulses. A continuously growing anticline (fault-propagation fold) above the Harznordrand Thrust acted as a source area during low sea level while high sea level led to the formation of progressive unconformities on the rotated sediments in front of the thrust and subsequent deposition on the uplifting swell with clastic deposits derived from a source area in the east. German Das Subherzyne Kreidebecken und die benachbarte Grundgebirgshochlage des Harzes sind eine Schlüsselstruktur für das Verständnis der kreidezeitlichen Intraplattendeformation in West- und Mitteleuropa. Die tektonische Geschichte des Gebiets wird in den gut aufgeschlossenen syntektonischen Sedimenten des Subherzynen Beckens widergespiegelt. Die Beckenfüllung erlaubt eine sehr präzise Rekonstruktion der faziellen Entwicklung und der Liefergebiete, insbesondere die Raum-Zeit-Analyse der Harz-Hebung.Seit dem Turon widerspiegelt ein ausgeprägter Mächtigkeitstrend die Bildung einer schmalen Subsidenzachse direkt vor dem überschobenen Harz-Block. Die Absenkung des Beckens hielt bis zum Campan an und führte in nur 10 Millionen Jahren zur Akkumulation einer bis zu 2500 m mächtigen Sedimentserie. Die Beckengeschichte kann in vier deutlich separierte Sedimentationseinheiten (A-D) unterteilt werden, die jeweils durch bestimmte Faziesassoziationen gekennzeichnet sind. Während die pelagischen Karbonate des Cenoman und Turon keinen nennenswerten siliziklastischen Eintrag enthalten, wird die Sedimentation vom Coniac bis zum Campan durch sandige und mergelige Ablagerungen beherrscht, die von den umgebenden Hochgebieten stammen. Die proximalen Sande und Konglomerate des Coniac (sturmdominiert) und Santon (niedrig-energetische Delta- und Gezeitensedimente) stammen mehrheitlich nicht vom Harz, sondern von nordöstlich und östlich gelegenen Liefergebieten. Erst die Faziesgürtel des Santon werden durch die aktive Harznordrandüberschiebung und ein assoziiertes Liefergebiet im Süden modifiziert. Während des Campans verlor das östlich angrenzende Liefergebiet seinen Einfluss und das exhumierte variszische Grundgebirge des Harzes im Süden bildete das Liefergebiet (distale Felsküsten-Ablagerungen). Die beobachteten Faziesvariationen und die wechselnde Aktivität der Liefergebiete werden nicht mit phasenhafter tektonischer Aktivität in Verbindung gebracht, sondern können durch das Wechselspiel kontinuierlicher tektonischer Aktivität und eustatischer Meeresspiegelschwankungen erklärt werden. Während niedriger Meeresspiegelstände bildete eine kontinuierlich wachsende Antiklinale über der Harznordrand-Überschiebung (fault-propagation fold) das Liefergebiet. Steigender Meeresspiegel führte mehrfach zur Überdeckung der Aufwölbung mit Sedimenten, die von den östlich gelegenen Liefergebieten stammen und zur Bildung progressiver Winkeldiskordanzen auf den rotierten Sedimentserien vor der Überschiebung führten.
Cretaceous Research, 2012
The phylogenetic origin of the Sepiida is still unclear. The presumed derivation from diplobelid ... more The phylogenetic origin of the Sepiida is still unclear. The presumed derivation from diplobelid belemnoids can be tested by comparison of their initial chambers (protoconchs). The first investigation of a juvenile phragmocone of the diplobelid Conoteuthis hayakawai from the Cenomanian of Hokkaido (northern Japan) yielded surprising insights into the internal protoconch morphology of the Diplobelida. The Conoteuthis protoconch exhibits in many aspects a mosaic of the belemnitid and the spirulid protoconch types. Whereas the sepiid protoconch represents most probably a modification of the spirulid type, the Conoteuthis protoconch is unique in having a closed (imperforated) proseptum. Apart from this, Conoteuthis differs in many other characters from the earliest sepiids (Ceratisepia, Belosepia), which makes a closer relationship unlikely.
During the Cretaceous (145.5-65.5 Ma; Gradstein et al. 2004). Central Europe was part of the Euro... more During the Cretaceous (145.5-65.5 Ma; Gradstein et al. 2004). Central Europe was part of the European continental plate, which was bordered by the North Atlantic ocean and the Arctic Sea to the NW and north, the Bay of Biscay to the SW, the northern branch of the Tethys Ocean to the south, and by the East European Platform to the east (Fig. 15.1). The evolution of sedimentary basins was influenced by the interplay of two main global processes: plate tectonics and eustatic sea-level change. Plate tectonic reconfigurations resulted in the widening of the Central Atlantic, and the opening of the Bay of Biscay. The South Atlantic opening caused a counter-clockwise rotation of Africa, which was coeval with the closure of the Tethys Ocean. Both motions terminated the Permian-Early Cretaceous North Sea rifting and placed Europe in a transtensional stress field. The long-term eustatic sea-level rise resulted in the highest sea level during Phanerozoic times (haq et al. 1988;Hardenbol et al....
Newsletters on Stratigraphy, 2014
ABSTRACT The Rosario section in northern Coahuila, northeastern Mexico, contains a complete recor... more ABSTRACT The Rosario section in northern Coahuila, northeastern Mexico, contains a complete record of sediment across the Turonian – Coniacian boundary. Here we describe the inoceramids and the biozonation based on these bivalves. Inoceramus longealatus, Mytiloides herbichi, M. incertus, M. scupini, Didymotis costatus, Cremnoceramus waltersdorfensis waltersdorfensis, C. waltersdorfensis hannovrensis, C. deformis erectus, and C. crassus inconstans, were identified at El Rosario. The uppermost Turonian Mytiloides scupini and C. waltersdorfensis w. zones and the lower Coniacian C. crassus inconstans zones are well represented and are much more expanded than in sections of the US Western Interior and Europe. The index for the base of the Coniacian, C. deformis erectus, is also present, although few data exist to date from the critical Turon ian – Coniacian boundary level. Ammonites are rare, mostly endemic and provide a much lower resolution across the Turonian – Coniacian boundary than inoceramids. We suggest that various acmes observed across the Turonian – Coniacian boundary are driven by local or regional rather than by global causes. The Rosario section provides an expanded sediment and complete inoceramid record across the Turonian – Coniacian boundary.
Acta Geologica Polonica, 2010
Paläontologische Zeitschrift, 2009
The heteromorphic ammonite genus Pictetia has previously been included in the Lytoceratidae. A re... more The heteromorphic ammonite genus Pictetia has previously been included in the Lytoceratidae. A reassessment of literature data and a detailed analysis of the suture shows that Pictetia lacks a septal lobe as well as a bifid internal lobe and lateral lobe, all features indicative of the Lytoceratidae. This and the quadrilobate suture line, combined with the loose coiling of the shell, indicate that it should be included in the polyphyletic suborder ''Ancyloceratina''. Any further systematic assessment is impossible at the moment.