Biostratigrafska raspodjela amonita gornjeg skita na referentnom području selo Muć Gornji u Hrvatskoj
Authors: Vladimir Golubić
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Abstract
In 1983 a group of researchers (HERAK et al., 1983) suggested that Mu} Gornji village in Croatia should be a reference area for the European Upper Scythian. The palaeo-faunistic and lithostratigraphical characteristics of this locality supported the proposition. The standard section is set along the bed of Zmijavac brook in Mu} Gornji. The main part of the locality is in the Mu} and Sutina village areas; the slopes in the north of the Mu}-Sutina Valley are built of Lower Triassic layers. In the 1983–1991 period and later, I collected ammonites, with biostratigraphic control, in the wider area of Mu} for the Natural History Museum Collection in Split. I also made precise biostratigraphic surveys, including of the standard section. The results present an important addition to the biostratigraphic scale published by HERAK et al. (1983:97). The biostratigraphically more significant ammonite species belong to the genera Tirolites, Dinarites and Carniolites. The Mu}-Sutina locality is shown on the enclosed topographical map.
Keywords
ammonites, biostratigraphy, Upper Scythian, standard section, Mu} village, Croatia