Mecsek Coal Formation

Mecsek Coal Formation Stratigraphic range: Hettangian-Pliensbachian ~201–183 Ma PreЄ Є 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
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.^[1]

Indeterminate sauropod remains once misattributed to the Cetiosauridae are present in the province of Komló, Hungary.

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

• 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", Ichnos 18 (2): 79–94, doi:10.1080/10420940.2011.573603, Bibcode: 2011Ichno..18...79O, http://real.mtak.hu/29985/1/Hettangian_Early_Jurassic_dinosaur_Ichnos_2011_u.pdf 
• 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, https://books.google.com/books?id=vtZFDb_iw40C, 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 

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