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 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	46.1°N 18.2°E / 46.1; 18.2
Approximate paleocoordinates	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)

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[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

• List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
  • List of stratigraphic units with ornithischian tracks
    • Indeterminate ornithischian tracks

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.; 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) [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