Mahlknecht (Molignon) Cliff, Alpi di Siusi, Dolomites: Longobardian, Italy
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Agglutisolenia ? conica
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Proheterastraea sp.
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Lituolida
- Lituolidae
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? Ammobaculites sp.
Cushman 1910
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Endothyridae
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Endothyranella wirtzi
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Endothyra sp.
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Endothyra cf. bedouxi
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Ataxophragmiidae
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Kaeveria fluegeli
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Nodosariata
- Nodosariida
- Nodosariidae
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Frondicularia sp.
Defrance 1824
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Nodosariata
- Robertinida
- Duostominidae
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? Diplotremina sp.
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Nodosariata
- Polymorphinida
- Polymorphinidae
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? Bullopora sp.
Quenstedt 1856
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Rhodophyceae
- Solenoporaceae
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Parachaetetes sp.
Deninger 1906
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Solenopora sp.
Dybowski 1877
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Ulvophyceae
- Bryopsidales
- Halimedaceae
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Collarecodium cornuformis n. sp.
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Senowbari-Daryan and Zamparelli 2005 | |||||||||
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Egericodium hungaricum
Flügel et al. 1992
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Senowbari-Daryan and Zamparelli 2005 | |||||||||
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Alpinocodium fluegeli n. gen., n. sp.
Senowbari-Daryan and Zamparelli 2005
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Senowbari-Daryan and Zamparelli 2005 | |||||||||
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unclassified
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? Bevocastria sp.
Garwood 1931
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Cladogirvanella sp.
Ott 1966
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Cyanophyceae
- Garwoodiaceae
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Bacinella elongata
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Baccanella floriformis
Pantic 1971
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Ortonella sp.
Garwood 1914
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Ortonella cf. myrae
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Demospongiae
- Hadromerida
- Celyphiidae
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Uvanella irregularis
Ott 1967
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Celyphia zoldana
Ott et al. 1980
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Demospongiae
- Agelasida
- Aphrosalpingidae
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Vesicocaulis depressus
Ott 1967
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Vesicocaulis alpinus
Ott 1967
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Demospongiae
- Agelasida
- Solenolmiidae
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Deningeria sp.
Wilckens 1937
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Solenolmia manon
(Münster 1841)
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Demospongiae
- Agelasida
- Guadalupiidae
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Diecithalamia polysiphonata
(Dieci et al. 1968)
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Demospongiae
- Agelasida
- Thaumastocoeliidae
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Follicatena cautica
Ott 1967
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Demospongiae
- Verticillitida
- Colospongiidae
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Colospongia catenulata
Ott 1967
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Margarophylliidae
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Margarophyllia crenata
(Münster 1841)
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| original and current combination Montlivaltia crenata | ||||||||||
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Margarosmilia septanectens
(Loretz 1875)
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Reimaniphylliidae
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Toechastraea sp.
Volz 1896
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Hydrozoa
- Nigriporellidae
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Tubiphytes sp.
Maslov 1956
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Tubiphytes gracilis
Schafer and Senowbary-Daryan 1983
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unclassified
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Ladinella porata
Ott 1968
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Plexoramea cerebriformis
Mello 1977
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Geography
| Country: | Italy |
| Coordinates: | 46.5° North, 11.6° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 8.2° North, 22.0° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Triassic | Epoch: | Middle Triassic |
| Stage: | Ladinian | 10 m.y. bin: | Triassic 2 |
| Key time interval: | Longobardian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 239.70000 - 237.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Wengen | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: The Mahlknecht Cliff represents allochthonous megabreccias (Marmolada Conglomerate, "Pachycardientuff") formed after and during a time of strong volcanic activity. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "reef rocks" |
| Lithology description: The limestone facies types comprise boundstones, followed by floatstones/rudstones, wackestones and packstones/grainstones. In addition, a fine- and medium-grained microbreccia consisting of limestone clasts and volcanic material occurs. | |
| Environment: | slope/ramp reef |
| Geology comments: subtidal upper and middle foreslope | |
Taphonomy
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils,microfossils |
| Spatial resolution: | allochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | peel or thin section,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Reef 15 | ||
| Database number: | 67723 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | U. Merkel, W. Kiessling |
| Modifier: | W. Kiessling | Research group: | marine invertebrate,micropaleontology |
| Created: | 2006-12-07 04:30:54 | Last modified: | 2007-11-06 09:50:02 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2008-12-07 04:30:54 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 19356. | R. Brandner, E. Flügel, and B. Senowbari-Daryan. 1991. Microfacies of carbonate slope boulders: indicator of the source area (Middle Triassic: Mahlknecht Cliff, Western Dolomites). Facies 25:279-296 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] |
Secondary references:
| 25689 | B. Senowbari-Daryan and V. Zamparelli. 2005. Triassic hamimedaceans: new genera and species from the Alps, Sicily and southern Apennines. Revista Espanola de Micropaleontologia 37(1):141-169 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling] |