Mecsek Coal Formation

The Mecsek Coal Formation is a Jurassic geologic formation in Hungary. Indeterminate fossil ornithischian tracks have been reported from the formation.[1]

Mecsek Coal Formation
Stratigraphic range: Hettangian-Pliensbachian
~201–183 Ma
TypeGeological formation
Unit ofTisza Unit
UnderliesKcskehát Limestone
Lithology
PrimarySiltstone
OtherCoal
Location
Coordinates46.1°N 18.2°E / 46.1; 18.2
Approximate paleocoordinates27.6°N 21.6°E / 27.6; 21.6
RegionBaranya, Transdanubia
Country Hungary
Type section
Named forMecsek Mountains
Mecsek Coal Formation (Hungary)

Vertebrate paleofauna

Dinosaurs

Indeterminate sauropod remains once misattributed to the Cetiosauridae are present in the province of Kómlo, Hungary.

Dinosaurs
GenusSpeciesLocationStratigraphic positionMaterialNotesImages
Anchisauripus[2] A. tuberosus Pécsbánya coal mine, seam 22 Ichnofossils An eubrontid
Kayentapus[3] K. soltykovensis Pécs-Vasas II mine Ichnofossils
Komlosaurus[3][4] K. carbonis Kómlo
  • Teeth
  • Vertebrae
  • Related footprints
A theropod
Heterodontosauridae Indeterminate Kómlo Partial frontal skeleton A neornithischian
Theropoda Indeterminate
  • Footprints
  • Isolated teeth
An indeterminate theropod
Color key
Taxon Reclassified taxon Taxon falsely reported as present Dubious taxon or junior synonym Ichnotaxon Ootaxon Morphotaxon
Notes
Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; crossed out taxa are discredited.

See also

References

  1. Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
  2. Gierlinski, 1996
  3. Kordos, 1983
  4. Osi et al., 2011

Bibliography

  • Osi, A.; J. Pálfy; L. Makádi; Z. Szentesi; P. Gulyás; M. Rabi; G. Botfalvai, and K. Hips. 2011. Hettangian (Early Jurassic) dinosaur tracksites from the Mecsek Mountains, Hungary. Ichnos 18. 79–94.
  • Weishampel, David B.; Peter Dodson, and Halszka Osmólska (eds.). 2004. The Dinosauria, 2nd edition, 1–880. Berkeley: University of California Press. Accessed 2019-02-21. ISBN 0-520-24209-2* Gierlinski, G. 1996. Dinosaur ichnotaxa from the Lower Jurassic of Hungary. Geological Quarterly 40. 119–128.
  • Kordos, L. 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.
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