The evolution of Eastern Tornquist-Paleoasian Ocean and subsequent continental collisions: A case study from the Western Tatra Mountains, Central Western Carpathians (Poland)

2017 ◽  
Vol 48 ◽  
pp. 134-152 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aleksandra Gawęda ◽  
Jolanta Burda ◽  
Jan Golonka ◽  
Urs Klötzli ◽  
David Chew ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Western Carpathians ◽  
Tatra Mountains ◽  
Paleoasian Ocean ◽  
Central Western Carpathians

scholarly journals A Middle Triassic pachypleurosaur (Diapsida: Eosauropterygia) from a restricted carbonate ramp in the Western Carpathians (Gutenstein Formation, Fatric Unit): paleogeographic implications

2018 ◽  
Vol 69 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrej Čerňanský ◽  
Nicole Klein ◽  
Ján Soták ◽  
Mário Olšavský ◽  
Juraj Šurka ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Middle Triassic ◽  
Carbonate Platform ◽  
Small Body ◽  
Western Carpathians ◽  
Subtidal Zone ◽  
Postcranial Skeleton ◽  
Tatra Mountains ◽  
Carbonate Ramps ◽  
Shallow Subtidal ◽  
Central Western Carpathians

AbstractAn eosauropterygian skeleton found in the Middle Triassic (upper Anisian) Gutenstein Formation of the Fatric Unit (Demänovská dolina Valley, Low Tatra Mountains, Slovakia) represents the earliest known occurrence of marine tetrapods in the Western Carpathians. The specimen represents a partly articulated portion of the postcranial skeleton (nine dorsal vertebrae, coracoid, ribs, gastral ribs, pelvic girdle, femur and one zeugopodial element). It is assigned to the Pachypleurosauria, more precisely to theSerpianosaurus–Neusticosaurusclade based on the following combination of features: (1) small body size; (2) morphology of vertebrae, ribs and femur; (3) tripartite gastral ribs; and (4) microanatomy of the femur as revealed by μCT. Members of this clade were described from the epicontinental Germanic Basin and the Alpine Triassic (now southern Germany, Switzerland, Italy), and possibly from Spain. This finding shows that pachypleurosaur reptiles attained a broader geographical distribution during the Middle Triassic, with their geographical range reaching to the Central Western Carpathians. Pachypleurosaurs are often found in sediments formed in shallow, hypersaline carbonate-platform environments. The specimen found here occurs in a succession with vermicular limestones in a shallow subtidal zone and stromatolitic limestones in a peritidal zone, indicating that pachypleurosaurs inhabited hypersaline, restricted carbonate ramps in the Western Carpathians.

scholarly journals Turbidite sedimentology, biostratigraphy and paleoecology: A case study from the Oligocene Zuberec Fm. (Liptov Basin, Central Western Carpathians)

2019 ◽  
Vol 70 (4) ◽  
pp. 279-297
Author(s):  
Dušan Starek ◽  
Vladimír Šimo ◽  
Silvia Antolíková ◽  
Tomáš Fuksi
Keyword(s):  
Statistical Analysis ◽  
Deep Sea ◽  
Trace Fossil ◽  
Western Carpathians ◽  
Calcareous Nannofossils ◽  
Facies Association ◽  
Facies Associations ◽  
Depositional Lobe ◽  
Central Western Carpathians

Abstract Outcrops of a thick turbiditic succession are exposed on the northern bank of the Liptovská Mara reservoir near Liptovská Ondrašová and Ráztoky. The section consists of rhythmic, predominantly thin- to medium-bedded turbidites of the Rupelian age. Their biostratigraphy is based on the calcareous nannofossils. Facies associations of these deposits represent different components of depositional lobe deposits in the turbidity fan system, including mainly the lobe fringe and lobe distal fringe/inter-lobe facies associations and locally the medium bedded deposits of the lobe off-axis facies association. This interpretation is supported by statistical analysis. The deep-sea turbiditic deposits contain trace fossil associations, which include deep-tier fodinichnia and domichnia up to shallow-tier graphoglyptids. Paleocurrent measurements indicate that the majority of sedimentary material was transported from SW and W.

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