Abstract

Ordovician of the western area of Stara Planina (Balkan Mountain), Bulgaria: Trace fossils and palaeogeographic implications . A thick sequence of Ordovician shales and sandstones bearing fossils (trilobites, graptolites acritarchs, and trace fossils) is exposed in the western area of Stara Planina (North-Sofía, Bulgaria). The stratigraphic section is of an Arenig to Asghill age, being characterized by its structural complexity. The lower unit, the Grohoten Formation (2000 meters thick), is composed of shales and quartzites and contains abundant trace fossils such as: Cochlichnus, Diplocraterion, Dictyodora, Glockerichnus, Gordia, Helicodromites, Helminthopsis, Hormosiroidea, Monocraterion, Palaeophycus, Phycodes, Planolites, Scolicia, Skolithos, Spirophycus, Spirophyton and Teichichnus. The upper unit, the Cerecel Formation (340 meters thick), is composed of shales and silicified siltstones, while the trace fossil assemblage is represented by Teichichnus, Zoophycos and Chondrites. The sequence is characteristic of a marine platform similar to that of other areas of central and southwestern Europe (Bohemia, Thuringia, Armorica etc) and is interpreted as related to other perigondwanic areas.

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  • Ordovician of the western area of Stara Planina (BalkanMounlains),Bulgaria:'kace fossils and palaeogeopaphic implications

  • Sumada a la Paleozoico inferior y medio que infrayacen a ro- neccsidad de producir una revalorizaci6n do la cas sedimentarias del Carbonifcro superior, asi secueucia estratigrBfica en el marco regional, nos como tambibn a otras del Mesozoico y Cenozoico. llevd a desarrollar trabajos de campo y estudios

  • En el caso del material estudiado se observan varios ejemplares asignables a N,tenuis, particularmonte por el becho del discfio de la trayectoria, irregular con amplios meandros dando lugar a trayectos en V, como asi tambien el disefio de la cstructura tubiforme, de contorno regular

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Ordovician of the western area of Stara Planina (BalkanMounlains),Bulgaria:'kace fossils and palaeogeopaphic implications. Mientras en el primer caso, en sn descripcidn original corresponderia a pistas en la superficie del estato, en el segundo se corresponde con una estrnctnra de excavacion tubiforme (Kindsberg, 1994).A la fecha se reconocen tres icnoespecies C. anguineus, C. antarlicus y C. annulatus, de las cuales la primera se distinguo por la auseucia de estructuras anulares o huellas laterales, situaci6n que es visible en el material estudiado.

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