| Mecsek Coal Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Hettangian-Pliensbachian ~ | |
| 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°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 Mountains |
  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[edit]
Dinosaurs[edit]
Indeterminate sauropod remains once misattributed to the Cetiosauridae are present in the province of Kómlo, Hungary.
| Dinosaurs | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genus | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Material | Notes | Images |
| 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 |
|
A theropod | ||
| Heterodontosauridae | Indeterminate | Kómlo | Partial frontal skeleton | A neornithischian | ||
| Theropoda | Indeterminate |
|
An indeterminate theropod | |||
Color key
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Notes Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; |
See also[edit]
References[edit]
Bibliography[edit]
- 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. .