Holothurian sclerites and conodonts in the Upper Carnian (Tuvalian) and Norian Limestones in the Central Kamnik Alps

Abstract

Near Bivouac under the Skuta Mountain (locality 1) in the central Kamnik Alps Upper Carnian Limestones were determined with conodont Epigondolella nodosa Hayashi, holothurian sclerites Calclamnella consona Mostler and C. regularis Stefanov, ammonites and other fossils similar to deeper marine Hallstatt facies of Northern Limestone Alps. Conodonts Epigondolella abneptis (Huckriede) and very rich holothurian fauna proved the Norian age for bedded limestones with very frequent large chert nodules on the south slope of the Skuta and on Sleme (loc. 2 and 3). They represent deeper marine facies and a distinct development of the Lower Norian.