MIKROSKAMIENIAŁOŚCI ORGANICZNE TERENEWU (KAMBR DOLNY) I PÓŹNEGO EDIAKARU (NEOPROTEROZOIK) OKOLIC KRAKOWA

Abstract

THE TERRENEUVIAN AND LATE EDIACARAN ORGANIC MICROFOSSILS FROM KRAKÓW AREAAbstract. This paper presents the characteristics of the oldest groups of organic microfossils that are documented in two new wells (Trojanowice 2 and Cianowice 2) located on the opposite sides of the fault zone Kraków–Lubliniec separating Upper Silesian and Małopolska blocks). The detail palynological research allowed to determine the age of clastic sediments drilled under Jurassic and Devonian. Two characteristic microfossils assemblages are documented: Late Ediacaran dating the age of the Małopolska Block basement and Terreneuvian known from the oldest Cambrian sediments of the Upper Silesian Block. The documented associations of organic microfossils include the oldest representatives of the bacteria, algae, fungi and animals.