The proposal of the new genus is based on Sloveniaxon asseliensis sp. nov. from the late Early Asselian of the Dovžanova Soteska section NNE of Tržič (Karavanke Mts.), in a Cyathaxonia facies ...assemblage with Cyathaxonia and Lophophyllidium. Together with Variaxon Fedorowski, 2010, the taxon is classified as Variaxoninae Fedorowski, 2010 of Antiphyllidae Iljina, 1970 (suborder Zaphrentoidina Schouppé & Stacul, 1959), descending from Rotiphyllum Hudson, 1942. Sloveniaxon was widely distributed in Eurasia (Spain, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine, Iran, Timor, China) during Late Bashkirian, Moscovian, Asselian, Sakmarian?, Late Artinskian, Capitanian, Dzhulfian? times; there it had been mostly misidentified as really quite homoeomorphic Cyathaxonia Michelin, 1847 or Cyathocarinia Soshkina, 1928 (suborder Cyathaxoniina Spasskiy, 1977). The diagnostic difference is a true aseptal columella (Cyathaxoniinae Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1850) against a massive septal pseudocolumella (Variaxoninae), best visible in cross sections of the calice. For unambiguous identification, often neglected studies of the calicular phase are demanded to see the axial boss in statu nascendi without later stereoplasmatic thickening and diagenetic recrystallisations.Future modern revisions (including intensive serial sectioning) should verify the proposed transfer of the following previous species into Sloveniaxon: Cyathaxonia (Cyathocarinia) multituberculata Soshkina, 1928, Cyathaxonia angularis Fomichev, 1953, Cyathaxonia archangelskyi Fomichev, 1953, Cyathaxonia lomonossovi Fomichev, 1953, Cyathocarinia crassata Guo, 1980, Cyathaxonia degrootae Rodríguez, 1984, Cyathaxonia pinguis Rodríguez & Kullmann, 1999, Cyathaxonia sp.n.B, Rodríguez & Kullmann, 1999.
Both research and policy require a transparent approach to monitoring and managing natural and cultural heritage because landscape quality has become a key concept in landscape planning. This paper ...introduces an advanced approach to natural and cultural heritage inventory for the study of heritage trees. Because trees play different roles in society, different regulations apply to their preservation, which can lead to inconsistencies in records for heritages trees. The inventory of heritage trees and their types in the study area identified within the Karavanke Natura 2000 project, which is presented in this paper, is based on existing lists of heritage trees, fieldwork, and interviews. A new database of heritage trees has been established in which the advantage of geographical information systems unifying various data sources is emphasized.
The Periadriatic lineament extends from the Sesia zone in Italy across southern Austria into Slovenia, in the area of the Karavanke mountains. It continues eastwards into the Pannonian basin in ...Hungary as the Balaton line. The Karavanke mountain range runs from Slovenia in the east westwards into the Carnian Alps of Austria. Further east they extend beneath the Tertiary sediments of the Pannonian basin into Hungary. The Karavanke mountains represent a boundary zone between the Eastern Alps to the north and the Julian and Savinja-Kamnik Alps or Southern Alps to the south. The Periadriatic lineament intersects the eastern part of the Karavanke mountains from Austria, trending eastwards, dividing this unit into the Northern and Southern Karavanke.
Geologically, the Karavanke mountains consist of Palaeozoic, Mesozoic (mostly Triassic) rocks and Tertiary sediments. In the eastern part of the Karavanke mountains, along the Periadriatic lineament, there is a belt of magmatic rocks, granite in the north and tonalite in the south, with a narrow belt of metamorphic rocks in between.
The tectonic structure of the aforementioned boundary zone is especially interesting. New research results show that both the overall structure and individual tectonic units respectively of this zone steeply deep towards the south beneath the Julian and Savinja (Kamnik) Alps. The Karavanke mountains are on the north thrusted over Eastern Alps by horizontal movements along single faults. Among these faults, the Periadriatic lineament, along which the mentioned magmatic (granite - tonalite) zone appears, is especially interesting.
This paper attempts to define the sequence of tectonic movements which took place at the end of the Alpine geotectonic cycle, and the tectonic structure of the Karavanke Mt. zone.
In order to establish a refined biostratigraphic subdivision and correlation of the Uppermost Carboniferous/Lower Permian deposits of the Southern Alps (Carnic Alps, Karavanke Mountains; ...Austria/Italy/Slovenia), two major microfossil groups (fusulinoideans, conodonts) were investigated within the same sample. The fusulinoidean species diversity (71 species, including five new species and three new subspecies) and generic composition were reviewed and complemented. Additionally, the data on fusulinoidean assemblages were supplemented by co-occurring conodont faunas (seven species). Accompanying studies on material from the type sections of the Southern Urals (Russia) were made to improve the biostratigraphic correlation with the Russian standard zonation and to discuss paleobiogeographical aspects of the faunal associations. An integrated microfacies analysis of the sampled material in the Southern Alps serves to evaluate the relationships between certain genera and specific microfacies types. The fusulinoidean fauna of the Lower "Pseudoschwagerina" Limestone is of late Gzhelian age. The Carboniferous/Permian boundary is close to the base of the Grenzland Formation, which covers the entire Asselian and a part of the Sakmarian. The Upper "Pseudoschwagerina" Limestone and Trogkofel Limestone are Lake Sakmarian to Artinskian. The studies sequences in the Karavanke Mountains. formerly known as "carbonate and clastic Trogkofel beds", correlate to the Lower "Pseudoschwagerina" Limestone, respectively with parts of the Grenzland Formation. Due to the lithologic differences, new formation names (Dolzanova Soteska Fm., Born Fm.) were introduced for the so-called "Trogkofel" Limestone along the Dolzanova Soteska. Whereas late Gzhelian/Asselian fusulinoidean faunas of the Southern Alps correspond to the Southern Uralian faunas to a large extent, Sakmarian and Artinskian faunas reveal an increasing divergence in species and genus composition. Climatic as well as geographic barriers may have prevennted the dispersal of Paleotethyan taxa into the Southern Urals. Biostratigraphic correlation of Sakmarian to Artinskian deposits is therefore possible only on the basis of the sparse conodont faunas.PUBLICATION ABSTRACT
Two gastropod assemblages from the Carnian (Upper Triassic) Raibl Beds of the Mezica region (Karavanke Mountains, Slovenia) are described. The almost monospecific, older assemblage from Mezica Mine ...was found as a thin shell pavement in the clastic sequence. This association apparently originated during a period of reduced sedimentation. The younger assemblage from Helena Creek was found at the upper surface of an oolitic and oncoidal limestone and represents a more diversified fauna of a crinoid/coelenterate/polychaete meadow. Together, both assemblages contain 11 gastropod species. Five of them are left in open nomenclature, two are known from other localities in the Alps, and the remaining four are new. The new species are Sloeudaronia karavankensis (Skeneidae), Helenostylina mezicaensis (Coelostylinidae), Ampezzopleura slovenica and Striazyga crnaensis (Zygopleuridae). Two new genera, Sloeudaronia (Skeneidae) and Helenostylina (Coelostylinidae), are described.PUBLICATION ABSTRACT Erratum DOI: 10.1007/s10347-006-0076-y
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