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Colonial Geology and Mineral Resources
COLONIAL GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES VOLUME 4, NUMBER 3 LONDON: HER MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFIC 1954 P R I r. E 7.r fitl N F. T SOME NEW UPPER CRETACEOUS AMMONITES FROM NIGERIA1 By R. A. REYMENT, B.Sc. Geological Survey Department, Nigeria Abstract THREE NEW AMMONITE GENERA AND A NUMBER OF AMMONITE SPECIES ARE DESCRIBED from the Turonian and Coniacian of Nigeria. The new genera are Onitshoce,.as of Desmoceratidae, Kamerunoceras of Collignoniceratidae and Ezilloella of Vasco ceratidae. Some new species of Pseudaspidoceras Hyatt, Gombeoceras Reyment, Pachyvascoce,.as Furon and Solgerites Reeside are recorded. A discussion of the family Vascoceratidae appears. · Introduction IN A RECENT PAPER (Reyment, 1954) some new genera of Lower Turonian ammonites from Nigeria were established and their types and a few other species briefly described. The present paper contains descriptions of two further species of one of these new genera and of species of associated genera that have a wide distribution in both southern and northern Nigeria. Three new genera from the Turonian and Coniacian of southern Nigeria and the Cameroons are treated. This paper also includes a brief discussion of the family Vascoceratidae which provides an important element of the Lower Turonian faunas of many areas in Africa, Europe, Asia and North and South America. Both this and the previous work are preliminary to a larger review of the Upper Cretaceous-ammonites of southern Nigeria that is in active preparation;· but whose publication will in,evitably be delayed. Mean while, it is hoped that the new gehera described below and the informa tion on taxonomy and phylogeny becoming a\7ailable from studies of the Nigerian faunas will be of value both to palaeontologists and strati graphers. -
Paleontological Resources at Grand Teton National Park, Northwestern Wyoming Vincent L
University of Wyoming National Park Service Research Center Annual Report Volume 22 22nd Annual Report, 1998 Article 7 1-1-1998 Paleontological Resources at Grand Teton National Park, Northwestern Wyoming Vincent L. Santucci National Park Service William P. Wall Georgia College and State University Follow this and additional works at: http://repository.uwyo.edu/uwnpsrc_reports Recommended Citation Santucci, Vincent L. and Wall, William P. (1998) "Paleontological Resources at Grand Teton National Park, Northwestern Wyoming," University of Wyoming National Park Service Research Center Annual Report: Vol. 22 , Article 7. Available at: http://repository.uwyo.edu/uwnpsrc_reports/vol22/iss1/7 This Grand Teton National Park Report is brought to you for free and open access by Wyoming Scholars Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in University of Wyoming National Park Service Research Center Annual Report by an authorized editor of Wyoming Scholars Repository. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Santucci and Wall: Paleontological Resources at Grand Teton National Park, Northwest PALEONTOLOGICAL RESOURCES AT GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK, NORTHWESTERN WYOMING + VINCENT L. SANTUCCI+ NATIONAL PARK SERVICE KEMMERER + WY WILLIAM P. WALL+ DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGY GEORGIA COLLEGE AND STATE UNIVERSITY MILLEDGEVILLE + GA + ABSTRACT landscape, and though the last great ice masses melted 15 ,000 years ago, some re-established small Paleontological resources occur throughout glaciers still exist. the formations exposed in Grand Teton National Park. A comprehensive paleontological survey has This report provides a preliminary not been attempted previously at Grand Teton assessment of paleontological resources identified at National Park. Preliminary paleontologic resource Grand Teton National Park. data is given in this report in order to establish baseline data. -
Phylogeny, Diversity, and Ecology of the Ammonoid Superfamily Acanthoceratoidea Through the Cenomanian and Turonian
PHYLOGENY, DIVERSITY, AND ECOLOGY OF THE AMMONOID SUPERFAMILY ACANTHOCERATOIDEA THROUGH THE CENOMANIAN AND TURONIAN DAVID A.A. MERTZ A Thesis Submitted to the Graduate College of Bowling Green State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of MASTER OF SCIENCE August 2017 Committee: Margaret Yacobucci, Advisor Andrew Gregory Keith Mann © 2017 David Mertz All Rights Reserved iii ABSTRACT Margaret Yacobucci Both increased extinction and decreased origination, caused by rising oceanic anoxia and decreased provincialism, respectively, have been proposed as the cause of the Cenomanian Turonian (C/T) extinction event for ammonoids. Conflicting evidence exists for whether diversity actually dropped across the C/T. This study used the ammonoid superfamily Acanthoceratoidea as a proxy for ammonoids as a whole, particularly focusing on genera found in the Western Interior Seaway (WIS) of North America, including Texas. Ultimately, this study set out to determine 1) whether standing diversity decreased across the C/T boundary in the WIS, 2) whether decreased speciation or increased extinction in ammonoids led to a drop in diversity in the C/T extinction event, 3) how ecology of acanthoceratoid genera changed in relation to the C/T extinction event, and 4) whether these ecological changes indicate rising anoxia as the cause of the extinction. In answering these questions, three phylogenetic analyses were run that recovered the families Acanthoceratidae, Collignoniceratidae, and Vascoceratidae. Pseudotissotiidae was not recovered at all, while Coilopoceratidae was recovered but reclassified as a subfamily of Vascoceratidae. Seven genera were reclassified into new families and one genus into a new subfamily. After calibrating the trees with stratigraphy, I was able to determine that standing diversity dropped modestly across the C/T boundary and the Early/Middle Turonian boundary. -
Sucesión De Amonitas Del Cretácico Superior (Cenomaniano – Coniaciano) De La Parte Más Alta De La Formación Hondita Y De L
Boletín de Geología Vol. 33, N° 1, enero-junio de 2011 SUCESIÓN DE AMONITAS DEL CRETÁCICO SUPERIOR (CENOMANIANO – CONIACIANO) DE LA PARTE MÁS ALTA DE LA FORMACIÓN HONDITA Y DE LA FORMACIÓN LOMA GORDA EN LA QUEBRADA BAMBUCÁ, AIPE - HUILA (COLOMBIA, S. A.) Pedro Patarroyo1 RESUMEN La sección de la quebrada Bambucá (Aipe - Huila) posee una buena exposición de los depósitos del Cretácico del Valle Superior del Magdalena. De la parte alta de la Formación Hondita se recolectaron Acanthoceras sp. y Rhynchostreon sp. del Cenomaniano superior. Dentro del segmento inferior de la Formación Loma Gorda se hallaron Choffaticeras (C.) cf. segne, Fagesia cf. catinus, Neoptychites cf. andinus, Mitonia gracilis, Morrowites sp., Nannovascoceras ? sp., Quitmaniceras ? sp., Benueites ? sp. junto con Mytiloides kossmati, M. goppelnensis y Anomia sp. del Turoniano inferior. Estratigráficamente arriba aparecen Paramammites ? sp., Hoplitoides sp. H. ingens, H. cf. lagiraldae, Codazziceras ospinae, Allocrioceras sp., que pueden estar representando entre el Turoniano inferior y medio. Para la parte alta de este segmento se encontraron Prionocycloceras sp. P. guayabanum, Reesidites subtuberculatum, Subprionotropis colombianus, Mytiloides scupini, Dydimotis sp., Gauthiericeras sp., Anagaudryceras ? sp., Eulophoceras jacobi, Paralenticeras sieversi, Hauericeras cf. madagascarensis, Peroniceras (P.) subtricarinatum, Forresteria (F.) sp., Barroisiceras cf. onilahyense, Ankinatsytes venezolanus que abarcan entre el Turoniano superior y el Coniaciano. Con base en la fauna colectada no es posible establecer los límites Cenomaniano/Turoniano y Turoniano/Coniaciano. Palabras clave: Amonitas, Cretácico superior, Valle Superior del Magdalena, Aipe-Huila-Colombia. UPPER CRETACEOUS AMMONITE SUCCESSION (CENOMANIAN – CONIACIAN) RELATED TO THE UPPER HONDITA AND LOMA GORDA FORMATIONS ALONG THE BAMBUCÁ CREEK, AIPE - HUILA (COLOMBIA, S.A.) ABSTRACT The Bambucá creek section (Aipe - Huila) shows a very good exposition of the Upper Magdalena Valley Cretaceous deposits. -
Mid-Cretaceous Ammonite Sequence for Western New Mexico Iv
iii Contents ABSTRACT 5 Genus Morrowites Cobban and Hook, n. gen. 9 Morrowites wingi (Morrow) 9 INTRODUCTION 5 M. depressus (Powell) 11 COMPOSITION OF MOLLUSCAN FAUNA 5 M. subdepressus Cobban and Hook, n. sp. 11 OCCURRENCE AND PRESERVATION OF FOSSILS 6 M. cf. M. dixeyi (Reyment) 12 STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION OF FOSSILS 6 Subfamily Euomphaloceratinae Cooper 13 COLLECTION LOCALITIES 7 Genus Kamerunoceras Reyment 13 Kamerunoceras turoniense (d'Orbigny) 13 FAMILY VASCOCERATIDAE H. Douvillé 14 SYSTEMATIC PALEONTOLOGY 7 Subfamily Vascoceratinae H. Douvillé 14 FAMILY BACULITIDAE GILL 7 Genus Neoptychites Kossmat 14 Genus Baculites Lamarck 7 Neoptychites cephalotus (Courtiller) 14 Baculites yokoyamai Tokunaga and Shimizu 7 Genus Fagesia Pervinquière 15 FAMILY MUNIERICERATIDAE WRIGHT 7 Fagesia superstes (Kossmat) 16 Genus Tragodesmoceras Spath 7 FAMILY C OLLIGNONICERATIDAE WRIGHT AND WRIGHT 16 Tragodesmoceras socorroense Cobban and Hook 7 Subfamily Barroisiceratinae Basse 16 FAMILY PLACENTICERATIDAE HYATT 8 Genus Cibolaites Cobban and Hook, n. gen. 16 Genus Placenticeras Spath 8 Cibolaites molenaari Cobban and Hook, n. sp. 16 Placenticeras cumminsi Cragin 8 REFERENCES 18 FAMILY ACANTHOCERATIDAE DE GROSSOUVRE 8 Subfamily Mammitinae Hyatt 8 Genus Mammites PLATES 1-14 21 Laube and Bruder 8 INDEX 50 Mammites nodosoides (Schluter) 8 TABLE 1—Mid-Cretaceous ammonite sequence for western New Mexico iv FIGURES 1—Location of study area 5 9—Histogram of size and body chambers of Neoptychites 2—External sutures of Mammites nodosoides (Schluter) 9 3— cephalotus (Courtiller) 14 Whorl sections of Morrowites wingi (Morrow) 10 4—External 10—Scatter diagram of breadth to diameter ratio of Neop- suture of Morrowites wingi (Morrow) 10 5—Whorl section and tychites 14 suture of Morrowites depressus 11—External sutures of Neoptychites cephalotus (Cour-tiller) 15 (Powell) 11 12—External suture of Fagesia superstes (Kossmat) 16 13— 6—External sutures of Morrowites subdepressus Cobban and Histogram of size of body chambers of Cibolaites molenaari Hook, n. -
Redalyc.SUCESIÓN DE AMONITAS DEL CRETÁCICO SUPERIOR (CENOMANIANO – CONIACIANO) DE LA PARTE MÁS ALTA DE LA FORMACIÓN HONDIT
Boletín de Geología ISSN: 0120-0283 [email protected] Universidad Industrial de Santander Colombia Patarroyo, Pedro SUCESIÓN DE AMONITAS DEL CRETÁCICO SUPERIOR (CENOMANIANO – CONIACIANO) DE LA PARTE MÁS ALTA DE LA FORMACIÓN HONDITA Y DE LA FORMACIÓN LOMA GORDA EN LA QUEBRADA BAMBUCÁ, AIPE - HUILA (COLOMBIA, S. A.) Boletín de Geología, vol. 33, núm. 1, enero-junio, 2011, pp. 69-92 Universidad Industrial de Santander Bucaramanga, Colombia Disponible en: http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=349632022005 Cómo citar el artículo Número completo Sistema de Información Científica Más información del artículo Red de Revistas Científicas de América Latina, el Caribe, España y Portugal Página de la revista en redalyc.org Proyecto académico sin fines de lucro, desarrollado bajo la iniciativa de acceso abierto Boletín de Geología Vol. 33, N° 1, enero-junio de 2011 SUCESIÓN DE AMONITAS DEL CRETÁCICO SUPERIOR (CENOMANIANO – CONIACIANO) DE LA PARTE MÁS ALTA DE LA FORMACIÓN HONDITA Y DE LA FORMACIÓN LOMA GORDA EN LA QUEBRADA BAMBUCÁ, AIPE - HUILA (COLOMBIA, S. A.) Pedro Patarroyo1 RESUMEN La sección de la quebrada Bambucá (Aipe - Huila) posee una buena exposición de los depósitos del Cretácico del Valle Superior del Magdalena. De la parte alta de la Formación Hondita se recolectaron Acanthoceras sp. y Rhynchostreon sp. del Cenomaniano superior. Dentro del segmento inferior de la Formación Loma Gorda se hallaron Choffaticeras (C.) cf. segne, Fagesia cf. catinus, Neoptychites cf. andinus, Mitonia gracilis, Morrowites sp., Nannovascoceras ? sp., Quitmaniceras ? sp., Benueites ? sp. junto con Mytiloides kossmati, M. goppelnensis y Anomia sp. del Turoniano inferior. Estratigráficamente arriba aparecen Paramammites ? sp., Hoplitoides sp. -
Redalyc. SUCESIÓN DE AMONITAS DEL CRETÁCICO SUPERIOR (CENOMANIANO – CONIACIANO) DE LA PARTE MÁS ALTA DE LA FORMACIÓN HONDI
Boletín de Geología ISSN: 0120-0283 [email protected] Universidad Industrial de Santander Colombia Patarroyo, Pedro SUCESIÓN DE AMONITAS DEL CRETÁCICO SUPERIOR (CENOMANIANO – CONIACIANO) DE LA PARTE MÁS ALTA DE LA FORMACIÓN HONDITA Y DE LA FORMACIÓN LOMA GORDA EN LA QUEBRADA BAMBUCÁ, AIPE - HUILA (COLOMBIA, S. A.) Boletín de Geología, vol. 33, núm. 1, enero-junio, 2011, pp. 69-92 Universidad Industrial de Santander Bucaramanga, Colombia Available in: http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=349632022005 Abstract The Bambucá creek section (Aipe - Huila) shows a very good exposition of the Upper Magdalena Valley Cretaceous deposits. To the upper part of the Hondita Formation were recollected Acanthoceras sp. and Rhynchostreon sp. of the upper Cenomanian. Related to the lower segment of the Loma Gorda Formation were found Choffaticeras ( C .) cf. segne , Fagesia cf. catinus , Neoptychites cf. andinus , Mitonia gracilis , Morrowites sp., Nannovascoceras ? sp., Quitmaniceras ? sp., Benueites ? sp., Paramammites ? sp. togheter with Mytiloides kossmati , M . goppelnensis and Anomia sp. of the lower Turonian. Following by Hoplitoides sp. H . ingens , H . cf. lagiraldae , Codazziceras ospinae , Allocrioceras sp. that can be representing between the lower and middle Turonian. To the upper part of this segment were collected Prionocycloceras sp. P . guayabanum , Reesidites subtuberculatum , Subprionotropis colombianus , Mytiloides scupini , Dydimotis sp., Gauthiericeras sp., Anagaudryceras ? sp., Eulophoceras jacobi , Paralenticeras sieversi , Hauericeras -
The Turonian Stage and Substage Boundaries by Peter BENGTSON (Compiler) with Contributions by William A
BULLETIN DE L'INSTITUT ROYAL DES SCIENCES NATURELLES DE BELGIQUE SCIENCES DE LA TERRE, 66-SUPP.: 69-79, 1996 BULLETIN VAN HET KONINKLIJK BELGISCH INSTITUUT VOOR NATUURWETENSCHAPPEN AARDWETENSCHAPPEN, 66-SUPP.: 69-79. 1996 The Turonian stage and substage boundaries by Peter BENGTSON (compiler) with contributions by William A. Cobban, Paul Dodsworth, Andrew S. Gale, William James Kennedy, Marcos A. Lamolda, Tatsuro Matsumoto, Richard A. Reyment, Ekbert Seibertz and Karl-Armin Tröger. «golden spike») abb CeHOMaHO-TypoHCKOÏi rpaHHLtbl flonxeH Abstract öbiTb onpeflenëH b pa3pe3e Rock Canyon Anticline, Ha 3anane Pueblo, Konopaflo, CLUA, b ocHOBaHUM Gnoa 86, Formai définitions of the Cenomanian-Turonian and lower-middle coBnaflaioiuero c nepBbiM noHB/ieHHeM aMMOHHTa Turonian are boundaries proposed, following discussions at the Second watinoceras devonense (wright & kennedy, 1981). B International Symposium on Cretaceous Stage Boundaries, held in KanecTBe gssp ahh HUXHe-cpeAHeü TypoHcxoft rpaHHLtbl Brussels, 8-16 September 1995. The Global boundary Stratotype Sec¬ 6bi.no npeanoxteHO nepBoe noHBneHHe aMMOHHTa tion and Point (GSSP, "golden spike") for the Cenomanian-Turonian Collignonoceras woollgari (mantell, 1822) Toro xce boundary should be placed at the base of Bed 86 in a section at Rock pa3pe3a(CnoPi 120). Hto KacaeTca cpeAHe-Bepxnero Canyon Anticline, west of Pueblo, Colorado, USA, coincident with the TypoHa, to Ha AaHHbiü MOMeHT npeftnoxmb KaKoü-nn6o gssp first occurrence of the ammonite Watinoceras devonense Wright & He npeACTaBnseTCB B03M0)KHbiM. Kennedy, 1981. A GSSP for the lower-middle Turonian boundary is proposed at the level of first occurrence of the ammonite Collignoni- KnioHeBbie cnosa: TypoHCKwü npyc, BepxHMû Men, ceras woollgari (Mantell, 1822) in the same section (Bed 120). -
ARTICLES Definition of Late Cretaceous Stage Boundaries In
ARTICLES De®nition of Late Cretaceous Stage Boundaries in Antarctica Using Strontium Isotope Stratigraphy J. M. McArthur, J. A. Crame,1 and M. F. Thirlwall2 Department of Geological Sciences, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom (e-mail: [email protected]) ABSTRACT New 87Sr/86Sr analyses of macrofossils from 13 key marker horizons on James Ross and Vega Islands, Antarctica, allow the integration of the Antarctic Late Cretaceous succession into the standard biostratigraphic zonation schemes of the Northern Hemisphere. The 87Sr/86Sr data enable Late Cretaceous stage boundaries to be physically located with accuracy for the ®rst time in a composite Southern Hemisphere reference section and so make the area one of global importance for documenting Late Cretaceous biotic evolution, particularly radiation and extinction events. The 87Sr/86Sr values allow the stage boundaries of the Turonian/Coniacian, Coniacian/Santonian, Santonian/Campanian, and Campanian/Maastrichtian, as well as other levels, to be correlated with both the United Kingdom and United States. These correlations show that current stratigraphic ages in Antarctica are too young by as much as a stage. Immediate implications of our new ages include the fact that Inoceramus madagascariensis, a useful fossil for regional austral correlation, is shown to be Turonian (probably Late Turonian) in age; the ªMytiloidesº africanus species complex is exclusively Late Coniacian in age; both Baculites bailyi and Inoceramus cf. expansus have a Late Con- iacian/Early Santonian age range; an important heteromorph ammonite assemblage comprising species of Eubostry- choceras, Pseudoxybeloceras, Ainoceras, and Ryugasella is con®rmed as ranging from latest Coniacian to very earliest Campanian. -
Ammonite Faunal Dynamics Across Bio−Events During the Mid− and Late Cretaceous Along the Russian Pacific Coast
Ammonite faunal dynamics across bio−events during the mid− and Late Cretaceous along the Russian Pacific coast ELENA A. JAGT−YAZYKOVA Jagt−Yazykova, E.A. 2012. Ammonite faunal dynamics across bio−events during the mid− and Late Cretaceous along the Russian Pacific coast. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 57 (4): 737–748. The present paper focuses on the evolutionary dynamics of ammonites from sections along the Russian Pacific coast dur− ing the mid− and Late Cretaceous. Changes in ammonite diversity (i.e., disappearance [extinction or emigration], appear− ance [origination or immigration], and total number of species present) constitute the basis for the identification of the main bio−events. The regional diversity curve reflects all global mass extinctions, faunal turnovers, and radiations. In the case of the Pacific coastal regions, such bio−events (which are comparatively easily recognised and have been described in detail), rather than first or last appearance datums of index species, should be used for global correlation. This is because of the high degree of endemism and provinciality of Cretaceous macrofaunas from the Pacific region in general and of ammonites in particular. Key words: Ammonoidea, evolution, bio−events, Cretaceous, Far East Russia, Pacific. Elena A. Jagt−Yazykova [[email protected]], Zakład Paleobiologii, Katedra Biosystematyki, Uniwersytet Opolski, ul. Oleska 22, PL−45−052 Opole, Poland. Received 9 July 2011, accepted 6 March 2012, available online 8 March 2012. Copyright © 2012 E.A. Jagt−Yazykova. This is an open−access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Com− mons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. -
Cartografía Geologica En El Área De Temalac En Los Estados De Puebla Y Guerrero
INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL ESCUELA SUPERIOR DE INGENIERÍA Y ARQUITECTURA CIENCIAS DE LA TIERRA UNIDAD TICOMAN CARTOGRAFÍA GEOLOGICA EN EL ÁREA DE TEMALAC EN LOS ESTADOS DE PUEBLA Y GUERRERO PARA OBTENER EL TITULO DE: INGENIERO GEÓLOGO OPCION: EXPERIENCIA PROFESIONAL P R E S E N T A : RAMÍREZ GARCÍA MARÍA GEORGINA Asesor interno: Ing. René Alejandro Téllez Flores Asesor Externo: Dr. Juan Carlos Salinas Prieto CIUDAD DE MEXICO AGOSTO 2016 El fracaso nunca es definitivo. Tu eres un fracasado hasta que renuncies, y siempre es demasiado pronto para renunciar! No determinas la grandeza de una persona por su talento, su riqueza o su educación. Determinas la grandeza de una persona por lo que se necesita para desanimarlo. Así, ¿que es lo se necesita para desanimarte de ir en busca de tu sueño? Puede ser tan simple como un amigo o pariente o miembro de la familia diciendote “No creo que eso sea una buena idea” ESIA TICOMAN CIENCIAS DE LA TIERRA I.P.N. AGRADECIMIENTOS A mi Madre Rita Gloria García Pérez quien siempre ha estado a mi lado apoyandome en mis buenas y malas decisions. Gracias por ser mi complice e impulsarme a seguir estudiando y nunca dejarme caer. Gracias por tu fortaleza, tu ánimo, por tu corazón y por tus brazos que siempre me han sostenido y sobre todo por todo tu amor. Gracias por creer en mi. A mi Padre Daniel Ramírez Flores. A pesar de que ya no estás a mi lado se que estarías muy orgulloso de mi, del paso tan importante que al fin pude concretar y que gracias a tu entusiasmo cuando platicabamos de lo que era mi trabajo y veía en tus ojos el orgullo y amor me impulsaban a seguir y dar lo mejor de mi. -
Palaeontology of the Middle Turonian Limestones of the Nysa Kłodzka Graben
Palaeontology of the Middle Turonian limestones of the Nysa Kłodzka Graben... Geologos 18, 2 (2012): 83–109 doi: 10.2478/v10118-012-0007-z Palaeontology of the Middle Turonian limestones of the Nysa Kłodzka Graben (Sudetes, SW Poland): biostratigraphical and palaeogeographical implications Alina Chrząstek Institute of the Geological Sciences, Wrocław University, Maksa Borna 9, PL 50-204 Wrocław, Poland; e-mail: [email protected] Abstract The ammonites Lewesiceras peramplum Mantell and ?Lewesiceras sp. are reported from the Upper Cretaceous in the Nysa Kłodzka Graben; they date from the Middle Turonian and ?Coniacian, respectively. The Middle Turonian lime- stones of the Stara Bystrzyca quarry contain an abundant assemblage of inoceramids (Inoceramus cuvieri Sowerby and I. lamarcki Parkinson) and other bivalves, including oysters, as well as brachiopods and trace fossils. Micropalaeonto- logical data show the presence of foraminifers and siliceous sponge spiculae, bryozoans, ostracods and fragments of bivalves and gastropods. The Middle Turonian calcareous deposits belongs to the upper part of the Inoceramus lamarcki Zone (late Middle Turonian) and were deposited on a shallow, subtidal offshore shelf. They overlie the Middle Turo- nian Bystrzyca and Długopole Sandstones, which represent foreshore-shoreface delta deposits. The fossil assemblage suggests a moderate- to low-energy, normal-salinity environment with occasionally an oxygen deficit. Keywords: Middle Turonian, Sudetes, Nysa Kłodzka Graben, ammonites, inoceramids, biostratigraphy 1. Introduction Stara Bystrzyca quarry. It is, with its diameter of approx. 45 cm, probably the biggest ammo- Representatives of the ammonite genus nite ever found in Nysa Kłodzka Graben and Lewesiceras are most typical of the Middle-Late probably also in the Sudety Mountains (Fig.