Biostratigraphy of the Early Miocene of the Southern Poland based on planktic foraminifera and calcareous nannoplankton

Abstract

The marine Miocene in the Southern Poland occurs within the flysch sequence of Outer Carpathians and in its foredeep. In Carpathians a continuous succession of nannoplankton zones from NP24 to NN4 had been found, while the earliest sediments of the foredeep may be assigned only to the NN3 nannoplankton and N6-N7 foraminiferal zones. Selected species of foraminifera and calcareous nannoplankton have been described and illustrated.