10.30486/gcr.2021.1904561.1027

Lower Cretaceous Fossil Site near Leše: First Heteromorphic Ammonoid Site in Slovenia and Karawanken/Karavanke UNESCO Global Geopark

HTML PDF
  • Matija Križnar1,
  • Darja Komar2,
  • Mojca Bedjanič 3,
  • Gerald Hartmann4,
  • Aljoša Šafran3,
  • Ivan Ocepek5,
  1. Slovenian Museum of Natural History, Prešernova cesta 20, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
  2. Karawanken/ Karavanke UNESCO Global Geopark, Hauptplatz 7, A-9135 Bad Eisenkappel/ Železna Kapla, Austria
  3. Institute of the Republic of Slovenia for Nature Conservation, Regional unit Maribor, Pobreška cesta 20, SI-2000 Maribor, Slovenia
  4. Karawanken/ Karavanke UNESCO Global Geopark, Hauptplatz 7, A-9135 Bad Eisenkappel/ Železna Kapla, Austria
  5. Na Fari 20, SI-2391 Prevalje, Slovenia
Cover Image
Categories

Published in Issue 2021-10-07

Copyright (c) -1 Matija Križnar, Darja Komar, Mojca Bedjanič , Gerald Hartmann, Aljoša Šafran, Ivan Ocepek (Author)

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

How to Cite

Križnar, M., Komar, D., Bedjanič , M., Hartmann, G., Šafran, A. ., & Ocepek, I. (2021). Lower Cretaceous Fossil Site near Leše: First Heteromorphic Ammonoid Site in Slovenia and Karawanken/Karavanke UNESCO Global Geopark. Geoconservation Research, 4(2). https://doi.org/10.30486/gcr.2021.1904561.1027
Crossref
Scopus
Google Scholar
Europe PMC

HTML views: 29

PDF views: 102

Abstract

The cross-border Geopark Karawanken/ Karavanke was established in 2011 to reflect the diverse geological composition and varied and rich natural and cultural heritage of the area. The wealth of geological heritage is reflected in numerous, already existing geosites, exceptional and unique on a global level, as well as in newly determined mineral and fossil sites. An example of the latter is the fossil site with rare Valanginian-Hauterivian heteromorphic ammonites, located in the SE part of the Karawanken/ Karavanke UNESCO Global Geopark, near Leše village above Prevalje. It is the first and newly discovered locality of heteromorphic  ammonites Himantoceras trinodosum Thieuloy, 1964 and Crioceratites cf. nolani Kilian, 1910 in Slovenia. We explore the importance and potential of good cooperation between the local community, paleontologists and other geoscientists, geoheritage (paleontological heritage) conservation and UNESCO Global Geoparks.

 

Keywords

  • Crioceratites,
  • Geoheritage,
  • Hauterivian,
  • Himantoceras,
  • Karawanken/Karavanke UNESCO Global Geopark,
  • Paleontological geosite,
  • Valanginian
HTML PDF

References

  1. Bricman A (2019). Lower Cretaceous ammonites from Leše near Prevalje. Research work. Department of Geology, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Engineering (NTF), University of Ljubljana. https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?id=122773&lang=slv. Retrieved June 8, 2020
  2. Križnar M & Ocepek I (2018). First record of heteromorph ammonites (Ancyloceratina) from Slovenia. [In N. Rman & M. Novak (Eds.), Proceedings of 5th Slovenian Geological Congress (pp. 115–116)]. Ljubljana: Geological Survey of Slovenia.
  3. Lipold MV (1856). Die alpine Lias- und Jura-Formation im südostlichen Theile von Kärnten. Jahrbuch der Kaiserlich Königlichen Geologischen Reichsanstalt. 7(1):1–193.
  4. Lukeneder A (2014). Cretaceous ammonites from Upper Austria. Denisia. 32/157:59–79.
  5. Lukeneder A & Aspmair C (2006). Stratigraphic implication of a new Lower Cretaceous ammonoid fauna from the Puez area (ValanginaianeAptian, Dolomites, Southern Alps, Italy). Geologica Alpina. 3:55–91.
  6. Mioč P & Šribar L (1975). The Jurassic Beds in the North Karavanke Mountains. Geologija. 18:87–97.
  7. Poltnig W & Herlec U (2012). Full geological description of Geopark Karavanke. Maribor, SLO: Institute of the Republic of Slovenia for Nature Conservation.
  8. Teller F (1888). Kössener Schichten, Lias und Jura in den Ost-Karawanken. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Geologischen Reichsanstalt. 4:110–117.
  9. The Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia (Ur. l. RS): https://www.uradni-list.si/