The age of base and top of the Podhale Palaeogene Flysch (Inner Carpathians, Poland) based on dinocysts

The oldest deposits of the Podhale Palaeogene Flysch, the Zakopane beds in the southern part of the basin, and the Szaflary beds in the northern part, represent Lower Oligocene. This is based on the presence of Early Oligocene dinocysts in stratigraphically lowermost deposits exposed near the Pieniny Klippen Belt. The peri-Tatra Zakopane beds are presumably younger than the Szaflary beds, being probably isochronous with the uppermost part of the Szaflary beds. The age of the Ostrysz beds, the youngest unit of the Podhale Flysch, is Upper Oligocene. This is based on the presence of Oligocene and Late Oligocene dinocysts in this unit with simultaneous lack of Early Miocene taxa.