Mecsek Coal Formation
Stratigraphic range: Hettangian-Pliensbachian
~201–183 Ma

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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]

## Contents

* 1 Vertebrate paleofauna
* 1.1 Dinosaurs
* 2 See also
* 3 References
* 3.1 Bibliography

## 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  |
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Color key
| Taxon | Reclassified taxon | Taxon falsely reported as present | Dubious taxon or junior synonym | Ichnotaxon | Ootaxon | Morphotaxon

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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. ↑ 3.0 3.1 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", 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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