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Q6 Please confirm that given names and surnames have been identified correctly. Thank you for your assistance. YCRES2744_proof ■ 21 March 2012 ■ 1/8 Cretaceous Research xxx (2012) 1e8 Contents lists available at SciVerse ScienceDirect Cretaceous Research journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/CretRes 1 56 2 Occurrence of the Late Cretaceous belemnite Belemnitella in the Arabian Plate 57 3 58 4 (Hakkari, SE Turkey) and its palaeogeographic significance 59 5 60 6 a b,* 61 Q6 Izzet Hos¸ gör , Martin Kost’ák 7 62 a 8 TransAtlantic Exploration Med. Int. Pty. Ltd., Viking Int. Ltd., TRÀ06680, Ankara, Turkey 63 b Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague, Albertov 6, Praha 2, 128 43 Prague, Czech Republic 9 Q1 64 10 65 11 66 article info abstract 12 67 13 68 Article history: Two incomplete rostra belonging to the Late Cretaceous belemnite genus Belemnitella have recently been 14 69 Received 16 November 2011 recorded from the Arabian Plate (Tethyan Realm) and document the southernmost extent of migration in 15 70 Accepted in revised form 28 February 2012 the Late Cretaceous belemnite family Belemnitellidae. The rostra were collected from argillaceous Available online xxx 16 limestones belonging to the Lower Member of the Germav Formation (Late CampanianeMaastrichtian), 71 17 the horizon in question being dated by benthic and planktic foraminifera as Late Campanian. 72 18 Keywords: This belemnitellid occurrence in the Arabian Plate in the Late Campanian suggests a previously unknown 73 Belemnite 19 migration route connecting the Boreal Realm in the north with the Tethyan carbonate platform areas in 74 Belemnitella 20 Late Cretaceous the south. Both rostra are tentatively assigned to Belemnitella sp. cf. B. ex. gr. mucronata. The smaller and 75 21 Arabian Plate more complete rostrum probably represents an adolescent individual, suggesting the existence of 76 22 Southeast Turkey a breeding population. 77 Ó 23 Palaeobiogeography 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. 78 24 79 25 80 26 81 27 82 28 Q2 1. Introduction Christensen, 1975, 1976, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1996, 83 29 1997a, b, 1998, 1999, 2000a, b; Christensen and Schmid, 1987; 84 30 Belemnites belonging to the Late Cretaceous family Belemni- Christensen and Schulz, 1997; Christensen et al., 1992, 1993; Schulz, 85 31 tellidae Pavlow, 1914 were typical inhabitants of the Northern 1982; Schulz and Schmid, 1983; Keutgen and Van der Tuuk, 1990; 86 32 Hemisphere shallower/platform seas. However, although these Keutgen and Jagt, 1998; Keutgen et al., 2010 and many others), 87 33 belemnites are a typical component of the Boreal faunal assem- Western Siberia (Naidin, 1964a, b; Ali-Zade, 1972), Central Asia (i.e., 88 34 blages, their southward migrations have been recognized in several Kazakhstan, Emba river; Naidin, 1964b; Naidin and Kosták, 1998), 89 35 species (Christensen, 1997a). These migrations were probably Turkmenistan (Tuarkyr; Naidin 1975; Schulz, 1979) and North 90 36 connected with cooling and subsequent shallowing (Gale and America (Christensen 1997a; Jeletzky, 1955, 1962; Christensen 91 37 Christensen, 1996; Christensen, 1997b). Within the North 1997a and others). Many Belemnitella species show a high evolu- 92 38 European Province of the Boreal Realm (sensu Christensen, 1976; tionary potential, and the very large palaeobiogeographic distri- 93 ’ 39 Kost ák et al., 2004), similar belemnitellid incursions in relation to bution also proves their evolutionary success. 94 ’ 40 cooling events have been recorded (Wiese et al., 2009; Kost ák As shown and summarized by Christensen (1997b), Belemnitella 95 fi 41 and Wiese, 2011). From the Cenomanian to the Maastrichtian, at species, especially B.exgr.mucronata (Schlotheim) and ve more 96 fi 42 least ve genera (and three subgenera of the genus Belemnella species of the genus, also migrated to the Tethyan Realm in the Late 97 e 43 Nowak) immigrated into the northernmost parts of the Tethys Santonian Late Maastrichtian interval. They are well known from 98 44 (Christensen, 1997a). southeast France (vicinity of Grenoble; Combémorel, 1996), Austria 99 ’ 45 The belemnite genus Belemnitella d Orbigny belongs to the most (Northern Calcareous Alps; Christensen, 1995), southern France 100 46 important taxon within the family Belemnitellidae in the Late (Aquitane Basin; Séronie-Vivien, 1972, French Pyreneés; 101 e 47 Cretaceous (Santonian Maastrichtian) seas of the Boreal Realm. Christensen, 1990), northern Italy, Serbia (Jeletzky, unpublished 102 48 The genus is recorded from Europe (Jeletzky, 1951; Naidin, 1952, results), Bulgaria (Stoyanova-Vergilova and Jokilchev, 1993), the 103 49 1964a, b, 1975, 1978; Birkelund, 1957; Kongiel, 1962; Ernst, 1963; Carpathians of Romania (Negau and Georgescu, 1991), Crimea 104 50 (Naidin, 1981), Kazakhstan (Mangyshlak; Naidin, 1975), Turkme- 105 nistan (Tuarkyr, Balkan Mountains; Naidin, 1964b; Jeletzky, 51 * Corresponding author. Tel.: þ420 221951456. 106 52 E-mail addresses: [email protected] (I. Hos¸ gör), martin.kostak@ unpublished results) and Azerbaijan (Transcaucasus, Caucasus; 107 53 natur.cuni.cz, [email protected] (M. Kost’ák). Ali-Zade, 1972). Christensen (1997a) has also mentioned, albeit 108 54 109 e Ó 55 0195-6671/$ see front matter 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. 110 doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2012.02.014 Please cite this article in press as: Hos¸ gör, I., Kost’ák, M., Occurrence of the Late Cretaceous belemnite Belemnitella in the Arabian Plate (Hakkari, SE Turkey) and its palaeogeographic significance, Cretaceous Research (2012), doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2012.02.014 YCRES2744_proof ■ 21 March 2012 ■ 2/8 2 I. Hos¸ gör, M. Kost’ák / Cretaceous Research xxx (2012) 1e8 111 without citing any references, doubtful records of Belemnitella from The formation has been suggested to be a possible source rock for 176 112 Turkey and Greece (also Jeletzky, unpublished results). most of the petroleum fields in southeast Turkey (Ala and Moss, 177 113 1979; Erkmen and Sadek 1981). It has been divided into Lower 178 114 2. Geological and stratigraphic setting and Upper members. At the end of the Late Cretaceous a period of 179 115 erosion led to a well-defined faunal break between late Cretaceous 180 116 The Late Cretaceous is one of the most significant periods in the Lower and Paleocene Upper members (Erkmen and Sadek 1981; 181 117 geological history of the Arabian Plate, in view of the major struc- Perinçek, 1990) as recorded by the benthic and planktic forami- 182 118 tural and tectonic events that affected the region at this time nifera (Özkan and Altıner, 1987; Perinçek, 1990; Özcan, 1993), 183 119 (Alsharhan and Nairn, 1990; Sengör and Yılmaz, 1981). Southeast dinoflagellate cysts and calcareous nannoplankton (Erkmen and 184 120 Turkey is situated in the northern part of the Arabian Plate and is Sadek, 1981) and some rudists (Özer, 1993). 185 121 bounded to the north and east by the Taurus Orogenic Belt Different isochronous environments are easily recognized in the 186 122 (Fontaine et al., 1989). A thick sedimentary sequence ranging from CampanianeMaastrichtian section on the basis of foraminifera that 187 123 Palaeozoic to Tertiary in age has been deposited in this basin. have good stratigraphic and facies value. The assemblages reflect 188 124 The stratigraphy, facies and faunal content of the Upper Creta- deposition in continental slope and open sea environments, and on 189 125 ceous autochthonous sequence of southeastern Turkey have been the outer and inner shelf (Farinacci and Köylüoglu,1982 ). It is worth 190 126 discussed in numerous publications, including those by Tromp mentioning that some reef limestones that are synchronous with 191 127 (1941), Altınlı (1954), Kellog (1960), Ala and Moss (1979), the Germav Formation developed during the Late Cretaceouseearly 192 128 Farinacci and Köylüoglu (1982), Özkan and Altıner (1987), Tertiary (Erkmen and Sadek, 1981). 193 129 Q3 Köylüoglu (1988), Perinçek (1990), Cater and Gillcrist (1994), Çoruh On the basis of records of some benthic and planktic forami- 194 130 et al.(1997) and Yılmaz and Duran (1997).
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