NOVÉ POZNATKY O MIOCENNÍ PALEONTOLOGICKÉ LOKALITĚ TALIÁNSKÁ SKÁLA U KELČIC (KARPATSKÁ PŘEDHLUBEŇ, ČESKÁ REPUBLIKA)

Abstract

The Taliánská skála locality is situated near Prostějov within the Vranovice-Kelčice cadastral area, about 1 km se. of Kelčice (Fig. 1). It is an old abandoned quarry in Miocene (Lower Badenian) sediments of the Carpathian Foredeep belonging to the formation with algal limestones. In 2014–2016, a new detailed study of this locality has been carried out as a part of a bachelor thesis at the Department of Biology, Faculty of Education, Palacky University in Olomouc (Zapletal 2016). By macroscopic study of the rocks at the locality it has been ascertained that they are represented by sandy limestones to calcareous sandstones, also microscopic study of two thin-sections confirmed that these rocks can be classified more likely as calcareous sandstones than as typical algal limestones. The new research confirmed this locality to be relatively rich in fossils, namely with regard to both their amount and number of species. The following species were found: the worm Ditrupa cornea (Linnaeus), bivalves Aequipecten macrotis (Sowerby in Smith), Corbula cf. gibba (Olivi), Panopea (Panopea) menardi (Deshayes), Tellina sp. and ?Ervilia sp.; additionally, there were the gastropods Turritella cf. badensis Sacco and Turritella sp., one undeterminable bryozoan and the ichnofossil Ophiomorpha isp. In the thin-sections from the rocks collected at the locality there were ascertained foraminifers, ostracods, echinoderms (echinoids) and worms. The presence of red algae has not been proved either macroscopically or microscopically.