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

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Type| Geological formation
Unit of| Tisza Unit
Underlies| Kcskehát 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 Kómlo, 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  |

## 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.; J. Pálfy; L. Makádi; Z. Szentesi; P. Gulyás; M. Rabi; G. Botfalvai, and K. Hips. 2011. Hettangian (Early Jurassic) dinosaur tracksites from the Mecsek Mountains, Hungary. Ichnos 18\. 79–94.
* Weishampel, David B.; Peter Dodson, and Halszka Osmólska (eds.). 2004. The Dinosauria, 2nd edition, 1–880. Berkeley: University of California Press. Accessed 2019-02-21. ISBN:0-520-24209-2* 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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