| Kecskehát Limestone | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Pliensbachian ~184 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Unit of | Tisza Unit |
| Overlies | Mecsek Coal Formation |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Modified grain flow sediment; coarse-grained crinoidal limestone |
| Other | Sandstone |
| Location | |
| Region | Kecskemét |
| Country |  Hungary |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Kecskehát caves |
The Kecskehát Limestone is a Jurassic geologic formation in Hungary. Indeterminate fossil Sauropod tracks have been reported from the formation. It is abundant on Illite and very little Kaolinite that indicates a change from the humid-subtropical climate of the Mecsek Coal Formation to the monsoon-like semi-arid climate of the Pliensbachian formations. The dominance of illite indicates a relatively fast erosion of the source area and a moderate input of terrigenous clastics relative to the underlying formations.
Vertebrate paleofauna
Dinosaurs
Indeterminate sauropod remains once misattributed to the Cetiosauridae are present in the province of Kecskemét, Hungary.
| Dinosaurs of the Kecskehát Limestone | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genus | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Material | Notes | Images |
| Mamenchisauridae | Indeterminate new species |
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An indeterminate sauropod related to the Mamenchisauridae, with a similar build to Omeisaurus | |||
Color key
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Notes Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; |
See also
References
- Raucsik, B., & Varga, A. (2008). Climato-environmental controls on clay mineralogy of the Hettangian–Bajocian successions of the Mecsek Mountains, Hungary: an evidence for extreme continental weathering during the early Toarcian oceanic anoxic event. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 265(1-2), 1-13.
- Császár G., Szinger B., Piros O. (2013) From continental platform towards rifting of the Tisza Unit in the late Triassic to Early Cretaceous. GeologicaCarpathica, 64: 279–290. Late Triassic climate humidification and kaolinite formation (Western Carpathians, Tatric Init of the Tatra Mts.) | Request PDF. Available from: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259745031_Late_Triassic_cliamte_humidification_and_kaolinite_formation_Western_Carpathians_Tatric_Init_of_the_Tatra_Mts .
- Császár, G., Szinger, B., & Piros, O. (2013). From continental platform towards rifting of the Tisza Unit in the Late Triassic to Early Cretaceous. Geologica Carpathica, 64(4), 279-290.
Bibliography
- Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; Osmólska, Halszka (2004), The Dinosauria, 2nd edition, Berkeley: University of California Press, pp. 1–880, ISBN 0-520-24209-2, retrieved 2019-02-21
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