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AMMONOIDEA of the Těšín-Hradište Formation (Lower Cretaceous) M in the Moravskoslezské Beskydy Its «32 Zdeněk Vašíček AMMONOIDEA of the Těšín-Hradište Formation (Lower Cretaceous) M in the Moravskoslezské Beskydy Its. edice Rozpravy Ústředního ústavu geologického ROZPRAVY ÚSTŘEDNÍHO ÚSTAVU GEOLOGICKÉHO SVAZEK 38 AMMONOIDEA of the Těšín —Hradiště Formation (Lower Cretaceous) in the Moravskoslezské Beskydy Mts. c i e n t i f i c editor Prof. Dr. Zdeněk Špinar, DSc. e v i s e d by Doc. Dr. Zdeněk Roth, DSc. AMMONOIDEA of the Těšín-Hradiště Formation (Lower Cretaceous) in the Moravskoslezské Beskydy Mts. (21 text-figures, 16 plates, Czech summary) PRESENTED MAY 14, 1969 Vydal Ústřední ústav geologický, Praha, adatelství Československé akademie věd • Praha 1972 © ZDENĚK VAŠÍČEK 1972 TRANSLATED BY VLADIMÍR MAREK Contents INTRODUCTION Protetragonites 40 Protetragonites crebrisulcatus .... 40 DISCUSSION Protetragonites obliquestrangulatus . 42 PREVIOUS AMMONITE STUDIES IN THE LOWER FAMILY Macroscaphitidae 43 CRETACEOUS OF THE SILESIAN NAPPE SUBFAMILY Macroscaphitinae 43 (GODULA FACIES) 9 Costidiscus 43 ORIGIN AND MODE OF PRESERVATION ... 11 Costidiscus recticostatus 43 EVALUATION OF MATERIAL 13 Costidiscus microcostatus 45 NOTES ON MORPHOLOGY AND TERMINOLOGY OF Costidiscus olcostephanoides 46 SOME HARD PARTS IN AMMONITES ... 22 Macroscaphites 46 SYSTEMATICS 25 Macroscaphites yvani 46 DESCRIPTION OF SPECIES 26 Macroscaphites CF. binodosus 48 ORDER Phylloceratida 26 Macroscaphites? tirolensis 48 SUBORDER Phylloceratina 26 SUBORDER Ancyloceratina 49 SUPERFAMILY Phyllocerataceae 26 SUPERFAMILY Ancylocerataceae .... 49 FAMILY Phylloceratidae 26 FAMILY Ancyloceratidae 49 Phylloceras (Hypophylloceras) .... 26 SUBFAMILY Ancyloceratinae 49 Phylloceras (Hypophylloceras) SP. IND. Ancyloceras (Audouliceras) 49 (Pthetys) 26 Ancyloceras (? Audouliceras ) fallauxi 49 Partschiceras 27 Acrioceras (Acrioceras) 50 Partschiceras infundibulum 27 Acrioceras (Acrioceras) AFF. tabarelli 50 Partschiceras bontshevi 29 Partschiceras baborense 30 Acanthoptychoceras 51 Acanthoptychocerasaff. spinatocostatum 51 Sowerbyceras (Holcophylloceras) ... 32 Sowerbyceras (Holcophylloceras) SUBFAMILY Leptoceratoidinae 52 ernesti 32 Hamulinites 52 Hamulinites parvulus 53 ORDER Lytoceratida . .' 33 SUBORDER Lytoceratina 33 Leptoceratoides 54 SUPERFAMILY Lytocerataceae 33 Leptoceratoides pumilus 54 FAMILY Lytoceratidae 33 Leptoceratoides subtilis 54 SUBFAMILY Lytoceratinae 33 PVeleziceras 55 Lytoceras 33 Veleziceras uhligi 56 Lytoceras AFF. subfimbriatum .... 34 FAMILY Heteroceratidae 57 Lytoceras textum 35 Heteroceras (Argvethites) 57 Lytoceras SP. IND 36 Heteroceras (Argvethites) SP. IND. 57 Eulytoceras 37 FAMILY Baculitidae 58 Eulytoceras phestum 37 SUBFAMILY Ptychoceratinae 58 Eulytoceras raricinctum 39 Hamulina 58 Eulytoceras anisoptychum 39 Hamulina astieriana 58 5 Anahamulina 59 Melchiorites cassidoides 75 Anahamulina hoheneggeri 59 Melchiorites blayaci 76 Anahamulina CF. paxillosa 60 Anahamulina distans 61 Pseudohaploceras 78 Anahamulina beskydensis 62 Pseudohaploceras liptoviense .... 78 Anahamulina rothi 63 ? FAMILY Holcodiscidae 79 7Anahamulina SP 63 Holcodiscus 79 Ptychoceras 64 Holcodiscus SP. IND 79 Ptychoceras puzosianum 64 FAMILY Silesitidae 80 Ptychoceras morloti 65 Silesites 80 Ptychoceras CF. meyrati 66 Silesites seranonis 80 Ptychoceras dittleri 67 Silesites vulpes 81 SUPERFAMILY Douvilleicerataceae .... 67 SUPERFAMILY Hoplitaceae 83 FAMILY Douvilleiceratidae 67 Procheloniceras 67 FAMILY Pulchellidae 83 Procheloniceras albrechtiaustriae ... 67 Psilotissotia 83 Psilotissotia AFF. chalmasi 83 Procheloniceras CF. pachystephanum . 69 Psilotissotia SP. IND 83 Cheloniceras 70 Cheloniceras SP. IND 70 STRATIGRAPHY 85 A PROPOSAL FOR THE BIOSTRATIGRAPBICAL DI­ FAMILY Deshayesitidae 70 VISION OF THE TOP PART OF THE TĚŠÍN-HRA- Prodeshayesites 70 DIŠTĚ FORMATION 85 PProdeshayesites SP. IND 70 DISTRIBUTION AND QUANTITATIVE REPRESEN­ SUBORDER Ammonitina 72 TATION OF THE AMMONITES IN THE LOWER SUPERFAMILY Desmocerataceae 72 BARREMIAN — LOWER APTIAN OF THE SI- FAMILY Desmoceratidae 72 LESIAN UNIT 90 SUBFAMILY Eodesmoceratinae 72 CONCLUSION 96 Barremites 72 Barremites strettostoma 72 REFERENCES 97 Barremites psilotatus 73 CZECH SUMMARY (AMMONOIDEA TĚŠÍNSKO- SUBFAMILY Puzosiinae 74 -HRADIŠŤSKÉHO SOUVRSTVÍ [SPODNÍ KŘÍDA] Melchiorites 74 V MORAVSKOSLEZSKÝCH BESKYDÁCH) ... 103 Melchiorites CF. melchioris 74 6 Introduction THIS REPORT IS BASED ON WORK CARRIED OUT BY THE AUTHOR DURING A PERIOD OF FIVE YEARS (1963—1967) IN LOWER CRETACEOUS BEDS OF THE SILESIAN NAPPE OF THE MORAVSKOSLEZSKÉ BESKYDY MTS. MY WORK HAS BEEN STIMULATED BY Z. ROTH OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PRAGUE, AND HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE BY A GRANT OF FUNDS FROM THIS SURVEY THROUGH THE REQUEST OF DR. ROTH FOR AN ALMOST TOTAL DEFRAYMENT OF MY EXPENSES IN THE FIELD. EVALUATION OF THE RESULTS WAS PART OF THE SCIENTIFIC AND INVESTIGATING PROGRAMME CARRIED ON AT THE DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY, MINING UNIVERSITY, OSTRAVA. MANY QUESTIONS AROSE IN CONNECTION WITH THE EVALUATION OF THE MATERIAL COLLECTED ENTIRELY FROM THE TĚŠÍN-HRADIŠTĚ FORMATION. THERE ARE ONLY LIMITED POSSIBILITIES OF SOLVING THE PROBLEMS UNDER PRESENT CONDITIONS. ONE OF THE CHIEF OBSTACLES TO SUCH STUDIES WAS THE VERY POOR PRESERVATION AND STRONG DE­ FORMATION OF THE FAUNA COLLECTED FROM THESE BEDS. AT AN EARLY STAGE IT BECAME EVIDENT THAT THE FAUNA FROM THE BESKYDY MTS. COULD OBJECTIVELY BE DETERMINED AND EVALUATED ONLY IF COMPARED WITH A SIMILAR BUT NONDEFORMED MATERIAL. I WAS GIVEN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE SUCH COMPARISONS DURING MY HALF-YEAR RE­ SEARCH TRIP TO THE SOVIET UNION (WINTER SEASONS 1966—1967), ESPECIALLY AT THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF MOSCOW AND PARTLY AT THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF LENINGRAD. BOTH CONTAIN SIGNIFICANT COLLECTIONS OF LOWER CRETACEOUS AMMONITES FROM CRIMEA AND THE CAUCASUS. IN THE LAST CENTURY RICH CEPHALOPOD FAUNAS WERE OBTAINED FROM THE BEDS UNDER INVESTIGATION, I.E. THE TĚŠÍN-HRADIŠTĚ FORMATION IN THE MORAVSKOSLEZSKÉ BESKYDY MTS. SITUATED IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA AND IN PART ON PRESENT-DAY POLISH TERRITORY. THE SPECIMENS COMING FROM THE TWO REGIONS WERE EVALUATED BY V. UHLIG (1883). UNFORTUNATELY, ONLY THE COLLECTION OF VIENNA WAS AVAILABLE TO ME WHEREAS THAT OF MUNICH WAS NOT STUDIED BECAUSE THE SPECIMENS IN IT TEND TO DISINTEGRATE DURING TRANSPORT. IT WAS POSSIBLE TO DETERMINE ONLY ABOUT ONE THIRD OF THE FAUNA COLLECTED BECAUSE OF THE STATE OF PRESERVATION. NEVERTHELESS, A NUMBER OF THE SPECIES HAVE NOT BEEN EXACTLY DETERMINED: SOME ARE CLASSI­ FIED AS CF. AND AFF., OTHERS ARE ASSIGNED MERELY TO A GENUS OR SUBGENUS, AND STILL OTHERS ARE SOMETIMES ACCOMPANIED BY A QUESTION MARK. MY WORK CAN THEREFORE BE REGARDED AS A PARTIAL REVISION OF THE EARLIER KNOWN SPECIES, PARTICULARLY THOSE IDENTIFIED BY V. UHLIG, FOR BIOSTRATIGRAPHICAL PURPOSES. THIS STUDY WAS SUBMITTED AS A DOCTOR-THESIS AT THE CHARLES UNIVERSITY, PRAGUE, IN 1968. THANKS ARE DUE TO MY TUTOR PROF. DR. B. RŮŽIČKA, OF THE MINING UNIVERSITY, OSTRAVA, FOR VALUABLE SUGGESTIONS; ASSOCIATE-PROFESSOR DR. Z. ROTH, OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PRAGUE, FOR HIS STIMULATION OF MY WORK, HELPFUL SUGGESTIONS CONCERNING THE SOLUTION OF SOME PROBLEMS, ASSISTANCE IN FIELDWORK, AND THE BENEFIT OF HIS FIELD EXPERIENCE HE GAVE TO ME; AND PROF. DR. Z. ŠPINAR, CHARLES UNIVERSITY, PRAGUE, FOR HIS SUGGESTIONS CONCERNING SYSTEMATIC AND NOMENCLATORICAL QUESTIONS, OUTSIDE THE SCOPE AND EXTENT OF THIS WORK. THE WRITER ALSO OWES A DEBT OF GRATITUDE TO PROF. DR. V. ŠTĚPÁNSKÝ OF THE DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS, MINING UNIVERSITY, WHO AIDED THE WRITER IN FORMULATING CONCLUSIONS OF A MATHEMATICAL NATURE. SPECIAL THANKS ARE DUE TO PROF. K. DITTLER AND ALL COLLABORATORS FOR THEIR HELP IN FIELDWORK, TO DR. S. CHRULEW FOR HIS KINDLY LINGUISTIC REVISION OF THE ENGLISH TEXT AND TO PROF. DR. J. WIEDMANN OF TUBINGEN FOR HIS SUGGESTIONS CONCERNING SOME ENGLISH EXPRESSIONS IN THE TEXT. IT IS A PLEASURE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE COOPERATION OF A NUMBER OF FOREIGN SCIENTIFIC WORKERS. THE FOL­ LOWING I WISH PARTICULARLY TO MENTION: PROF. DR. R. SIEBER OF THE GEOLOGISCHE BUNDESANSTALT MUSEUM IN VIENNA, ASSOCIATE-PROFESSOR I. A. MIKHAILOVA AND PROF. V. V. DRUSHCHITS OF MGU IN MOSCOW, N. K. GORN OF LGU, T. N. BOGDANOVA OF VSEGEI IN LENINGRAD, DR. G. MANDOV OF THE UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA, PROF. DR. H. TERMIER OF PARIS, PROF. DR. W. K. BARTHEL OF MUNICH, AND OTHERS. THEIR EXPERIENCE, KIND LENDING OF SOME UNPUBLISHED DATA ON THE SPECIES, AND COMMUNICATIONS CONCERNING THE DEPOSITION AND PRESERVATION OF TYPE SPECIMENS WERE OF GREAT HELP. 7 List of abbreviations (1) NAMES OF GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTES, UNIVERSITIES, ETC. GP — GEOLOGICKÝ PRŮZKUM, OSTRAVA MGU — MOSKOVSKII GOSUDARSTVENNYI UNIVERSITET, MOSKVA LGU — LENINGRADSKII GOSUDARSTVENNYI UNIVERSITET, LENINGRAD ÚÚG — ÚSTŘEDNÍ ÚSTAV GEOLOGICKÝ, PRAHA (GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PRAGUE) VŠB — VYSOKÁ ŠKOLA BÁŇSKÁ, OSTRAVA (MINING UNIVERSITY, OSTRAVA) VSEGEI — VSESOYUZNYI GEOLOGICHESKII INSTITUT, LENINGRAD ICZN — INTERNATIONAL CODE OF ZOOLOGICAL NOMENCLATURE (2) NAMES OF LOCALITIES M — MALENOVICE, FRÝDEK-MÍSTEK DISTRICT K — KOZLOVICE-TICHÁ, FRÝDEK-MÍSTEK DISTRICT KN — KUNČICE P. ONDŘEJNÍKEM, FRÝDEK-MÍSTEK DISTRICT KR — KRÁSNÁ, FRÝDEK-MÍSTEK DISTRICT KZ — KOZLOVICE-ŽÁRY, FRÝDEK-MÍSTEK DISTRICT T — TICHÁ, NOVÝ JIČÍN DISTRICT V — VEŘOVICE, NOVÝ JIČÍN DISTRICT SINCE AT EACH OF THE LOCALITIES MENTIONED ABOVE THERE ARE A NUMBER OF ADDITIONAL LOCALITIES, LYING SOME DISTANCE APART FROM ONE ANOTHER ABBREVIATIONS SUCH AS W1 BEAR THE CORRESPONDING INDEX NUMBER AS ADDITIONAL IDENTIFICATION, DENOTING THE LOCALITY IN QUESTION. THE EXACT TOPOGRAPHICAL SITUATION OF THE LOCALITIES WILL BE GIVEN ELSEWHERE (Z. VA­ ŠÍČEK
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