LOWER TRIASSIC CONODONT FAUNA FROM TRZIC (KARAVANKE MTS, SLOVENIA)

The results of micropaleontological examinations of Upper Permian and Lower Triassic beds in the Triassic Bistrica valley northeast of Trzic , Slovenia, are described. The rocks of the studied section form part of the Southern Karavanke nappe situated between the Kosuta nappe and the Sava fault. The section starts with Groden beds which pass upwards into the Upper Permian dolomite followed by the Lower Triassic varieg ated sequence which is overlain by the Anisian bedded dolomite. The Lo wer Triassic oolitic limestone contains the conodont elements: Foliell a gardenae (STAESCHE), Hadrodontina anceps STAESCHE, Pachycladina obli qua STAESCHE and Parachirognathus ethingtoni CLARK which are of Smithi an age.