Mecsek Coal Formation

Mecsek Coal Formation
Stratigraphic range: Hettangian-Pliensbachian
Type Geological formation
Unit of Tisza Unit
Underlies Kcskehát Limestone
Location
Country  Hungary
Type section
Named for The province of Kómlo

The Mecsek Coal Formation is a Mesozoic 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.

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.
Dinosaurs reported from the Mecsek Coal Formation
Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Material Notes Images

Theropoda indet.

Indeterminate
  • Footprints
  • Isolated Theeth.

An indeterminate Theropod.

Komlosaurus

K. carbonis
  • Kómlo, Hungary.
  • Theeth
  • Vertebrae
  • Related Footprints

A Theropod.

Heterodontosauridae

Indeterminate
  • Kómlo, Hungary.
  • Partial frontal Skeleton

A Neornithischian.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.

Bibliography

  • Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. 861 pp.  ISBN 0-520-24209-2
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