Foraminiferal stra tig ra phy and palaeobathymetry of Paleocene–low er most Oligocene de pos its (Vezhany and Monastyrets nappes, Ukrai nian Carpathians)

Mainly pe lagic/hemipelagic de pos its of the Vezhany Nappe (Paleocene–low er most Oligocene Metova For ma tion with a high con tent of plank tonic foraminifera) and typ i cal flysch de pos its of the Monastyrets Nappe (Paleocene–Eocene Sushmanets For ma tion with com mon ag glu ti nated foraminifera as well as the Eocene Drahovo For ma tion), of the south west ern in ner part of the Ukrai nian Carpathians have been stud ied. The Parvularugoglobigerina eugubina Zone (Lower Danian), Acarinina acarinata Zone (Up per Thanetian), Morozovella subbotinae Zone and Morozovella aragonensis Zone (Ypresian), Acarinina bullbrooki Zone and Acarinina rotundimarginata Zone (Lutetian), Subbotina corpulenta Zone and Subbotina vialovi Zone (Up per Priabonian–Lower Rupelian) based on plank tonic foraminifera as well as the Rzehakina fissistomata sensu lato Zone (Paleocene), Glomospira charoides–Recurvoides smugarensis Zone (Ypresian), and an as sem blage with Haplophragmo-ides parvulus (lat est Mid dle Eocene–early Late Eocene) based on ag glu ti nated foraminifera have been iden ti fied in these de pos its. The deep-wa ter ag glu ti nated foraminifera of the “Rzehakina”, “Rhabdammina ” and “Paratro chamminoides ” as-sem blages found in the typ i cal flysch de pos its of the Sushmanets For ma tion in di cate lower slope to abys sal en vi ron ments be low the CCD. The ge neric com po si tion and mor pho log i cal fea tures of plank tonic and ben thic foraminifera re cov ered from marls of the Metova For ma tion sug gest pe lagic/hemipelagic con di tions at bathyal depths above the foraminiferal lysocline