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.

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

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

References

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