| Mecsek Coal Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Hettangian-Pliensbachian ~201–183 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Unit of | Tisza Unit |
| Underlies | Kecskehát Limestone |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Siltstone |
| Other | Coal |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 46°06′N 18°12′E / 46.1°N 18.2°E / 46.1; 18.2 |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 27°36′N 21°36′E / 27.6°N 21.6°E / 27.6; 21.6 |
| 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.
Vertebrate paleofauna
Dinosaurs
Indeterminate sauropod remains once misattributed to the Cetiosauridae are present in the province of Komló, Hungary.
| Dinosaurs | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genus | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Material | Notes | Images |
| Anchisauripus | A. tuberosus | Pécsbánya coal mine, seam 22 | Ichnofossils | An eubrontid | ||
| Kayentapus | K. soltykovensis | Pécs-Vasas II mine | Ichnofossils | |||
| Komlosaurus | 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
References
- Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
- Gierlinski, 1996
- ^ Kordos, 1983
- Osi et al., 2011
Bibliography
- Osi, A.; Pálfy, J.; Makádi, L.; Szentesi, Z.; Gulyás, P.; Rabi, M.; Botfalvai, G.; Hips, K. (2011), "Hettangian (Early Jurassic) dinosaur tracksites from the Mecsek Mountains, Hungary" (PDF), Ichnos, 18 (2): 79–94, Bibcode:2011Ichno..18...79O, doi:10.1080/10420940.2011.573603
- 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* 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) ", A Magyar Állami Földtani Intézet Évi Jelentése, 1981: 503–511