Mecsek Coal Formation
Mecsek Coal Formation Stratigraphic range: Hettangian-Pliensbachian ~ | |
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Type | Geological formation |
Unit of | Tisza Unit |
Underlies | Kcskehát Limestone |
Lithology | |
Primary | Siltstone |
Other | Coal |
Location | |
Coordinates | 46°06′N 18°12′E / 46.1°N 18.2°ECoordinates: 46°06′N 18°12′E / 46.1°N 18.2°E |
Approximate paleocoordinates | 27°36′N 21°36′E / 27.6°N 21.6°E |
Region | Baranya, Transdanubia |
Country | Hungary |
Type section | |
Named for | |
Mecsek Coal Formation (Hungary) |
The Mecsek Coal Formation is a Jurassic geologic formation in Hungary. Indeterminate fossil ornithischian tracks have been reported from the formation.[1]
Vertebrate paleofauna[]
Dinosaurs[]
Indeterminate sauropod remains once misattributed to the Cetiosauridae are present in the province of Kómlo, Hungary.
Dinosaurs | ||||||
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Genus | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Material | Notes | Images |
Anchisauripus[2] | A. tuberosus | Pécsbánya coal mine, seam 22 | Ichnofossils | An | ||
Kayentapus[3] | K. soltykovensis | Pécs-Vasas II mine | Ichnofossils | |||
Komlosaurus[3][4] | K. carbonis | Kómlo |
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A theropod | ||
Heterodontosauridae | Indeterminate | Kómlo | Partial frontal skeleton | A neornithischian | ||
Theropoda | Indeterminate |
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An indeterminate theropod |
Color key
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Notes Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; |
See also[]
- List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
- List of stratigraphic units with ornithischian tracks
- Indeterminate ornithischian tracks
- List of stratigraphic units with ornithischian tracks
References[]
Bibliography[]
- Ichnos 18. 79–94. ; ; ; ; ; ; , and . 2011. Hettangian (Early Jurassic) dinosaur tracksites from the Mecsek Mountains, Hungary.
- The Dinosauria, 2nd edition, 1–880. Berkeley: University of California Press. Accessed 2019-02-21. ISBN 0-520-24209-2* . 1996. Dinosaur ichnotaxa from the Lower Jurassic of Hungary. 40. 119–128. ; , and . 2004.
- . 1983. Fontosabb szórványleletek a máfi gerinces-gyüjteményében (8. közlemény) [Major finds of scattered fossils in the paleovertebrate collection of the Hungarian Geological Institute (communication no. 8)]. A Magyar Állami Földtani Intézet Évi Jelentése 1981. 503–511.
Categories:
- Geologic formations of Hungary
- Jurassic System of Europe
- Hettangian Stage
- Sinemurian Stage
- Pliensbachian Stage
- Siltstone formations
- Coal formations
- Coal in Hungary
- Fluvial deposits
- Ichnofossiliferous formations
- Paleontology in Hungary