The Middle Cenomanian basal series of Planinica, Western Serbia

  • Dragoman Rabrenović University of Belgrade, Faculty of Mining and Geology, Institute of Regional Geology and Paleontology, Kamenička 6, 11000 Belgrade
  • Nebojša D. Vasić University of Belgrade, Faculty of Mining and Geology, Institute of Petrology, Đušina 7, 11000 Belgrade
  • Jovanka Mitrović-Petrović
  • Vladan Radulović University of Belgrade, Faculty of Mining and Geology, Institute of Regional Geology and Paleontology, Kamenička 6, 11000 Belgrade
  • Barbara Radulović University of Belgrade, Faculty of Mining and Geology, Institute of Regional Geology and Paleontology, Kamenička 6, 11000 Belgrade
  • Danica Srećković-Batoćanin University of Belgrade, Faculty of Mining and Geology, Institute of Petrology, Đušina 7, 11000 Belgrade
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2298/GABP0264013R
Keywords: Late Cretaceous, Middle Cenomania, clastics, ammonites, brachiopods, echinoids, Planinica, Western Serbia

Abstract

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.

Published
2002-12-20
How to Cite
Rabrenović, D., Vasić, N., Mitrović-Petrović, J., Radulović, V., Radulović, B. and Srećković-Batoćanin, D. (2002) “The Middle Cenomanian basal series of Planinica, Western Serbia”, Geološki anali Balkanskoga poluostrva, 64(1), pp. 13-43. doi: 10.2298/GABP0264013R.
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Vol 64 No 1 (2002): Geološki anali Balkanskoga poluostrva
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Original Scientific Paper

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