{"title":"Calcareous nannofossils from the uppermost Oxfordian and lowermost Kimmeridgian of Staffin Bay, Isle of Skye, northern Scotland","authors":"M. Ustinova","doi":"10.5604/01.3001.0012.4595","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5604/01.3001.0012.4595","url":null,"abstract":"Twenty six samples from the sections at Flodigarry and Digg at Staffin Bay, Isle of Skye, northern Scotland, spanning the\u0000stratigraphical interval from the uppermost Oxfordian to the lowermost Kimmeridgian were examined for their calcareous nannofossil\u0000content. The study revealed the presence of an assemblage typical of the nannofossil zone NJ15 of the northern European zonation.\u0000\u0000","PeriodicalId":37066,"journal":{"name":"Volumina Jurassica","volume":"309 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73875626","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Dinoflagellate cyst assemblages across the Oxfordian/Kimmeridgian boundary (Upper Jurassic) at Flodigarry, Staffin Bay, Isle of Skye, Scotland – a proposed GSSP for the base of the Kimmeridgian","authors":"M. Barski","doi":"10.5604/01.3001.0012.4594","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5604/01.3001.0012.4594","url":null,"abstract":"Examination of seven ammonite-calibrated palynological samples across the Oxfordian/Kimmeridgian boundary in the Flodigarry sections at Staffin Bay, Isle of Skye, northern Scotland, has revealed dinoflagellate cyst assemblages in general terms in line with previous contributions. The sparse occurrence of Emmetrocysta sarjeantii, Perisseiasphaeridium pannosum and Senoniasphaera jurassica slightly above the proposed Oxfordian/Kimmeridgian boundary may be used as a palynological approximation of the base of the Kimmeridgian. The high abundance of tests resembling modern zygnemataceous chlorophycean alga Spirogyra in two samples above the Oxfordian/Kimmeridgian boundary horizon is probably associated with increased eutrophication and possible association with ‟green tides”. This bloom is proposed as a palynofloral proxy event for the boundary in the Flodigarry section. According to previous studies, various eutrophication events may have a correlation potential in Subboreal Europe.\u0000\u0000","PeriodicalId":37066,"journal":{"name":"Volumina Jurassica","volume":"353 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89277551","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Notes on the evolution of the ammonite families Aulacostephanidae and Cardioceratidae and the stratigraphy of the uppermost Oxfordian and lowermost Kimmeridgian in the Staffin Bay sections (Isle of Skye, Northern Scotland)","authors":"A. Wierzbowski, B. Matyja, John K. Wright","doi":"10.5604/01.3001.0012.2437","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5604/01.3001.0012.2437","url":null,"abstract":"Detailed study of all the ammonite collections gathered by the authors in the Staffin Bay sections has resulted in minor changes\u0000in the distribution of ammonite taxa, and slight modification of the position of the Oxfordian/Kimmeridgian boundary. Most significant is\u0000the discovery of Pictonia (Triozites) cf. seminudata which results in the placing of the stage boundary 0.16 m below the level formerly\u0000proposed. This study discusses the evolution of the Subboreal family Aulacostephanidae, and the Boreal family Cardioceratidae, indicating\u0000changes in the patterns of individual development in the evolution of both families in terms of heterochrony. The Oxfordian/\u0000Kimmeridgian boundary interval shows major morphological changes in both ammonite families which were released from phylogenetic\u0000constraints by heterochrony, closely related to changes in environmental conditions.\u0000\u0000","PeriodicalId":37066,"journal":{"name":"Volumina Jurassica","volume":"15 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-08-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85537730","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}