Csehbánya Formation

Csehbánya Formation
Stratigraphic range: Late Santonian[1]
Type Geological formation
Location
Region Europe
Country  Hungary

The Csehbánya Formation is a geological formation in Hungary whose strata date back to the Late Cretaceous. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.[1]

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Vertebrate paleofauna

Fishes, amphibians, turtles, squamates, crocodilians, dinosaurs, birds and pterosaurs present in Veszprém, Hungary, near the village of Németbánya in an open-pit bauxite mine.[2][3] Other finds include Abelisauridae indet.,[4] Rhabdodontidae indet.,[3] Tetanurae indet.[4]

Amphibians

Amphibians of the Csehbánya Formation
Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Abundance Notes Images

Hungarobatrachus[5]

H. szukacsi

Iharkút locality, Hungary.

Advanced frog.

Pterosaurs

Pterosaurs of the Csehbánya Formation
Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Abundance Notes Images

Bakonydraco

B. Galaczi

Geographically present in Veszprém, Hungary.

Non-Avian Dinosaurs

Dinosaurs of the Csehbánya Formation
Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Abundance Notes Images

Ajkaceratops[6]

A. kozmai[6]

Hungarosaurus[7]

H. tormai

Geographically present in Veszprém, Hungary.

Pneumatoraptor[4]

P. fodori

Geographically present in Veszprém, Hungary.

Rhabdodon

R. priscus

Aves

Aves of the Csehbánya Formation
Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Abundance Notes Images

Bauxitornis[8]

B. mindszentyae

An avisaurid enantiornithine.

See also

References

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  1. ^ a b Weishampel, David B; et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution (Late Cretaceous, Europe)." In: Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. 588-593. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.
  2. ^ Makádi, L., Botfalvai, G., Ősi, A. 2006: Egy késő-kréta kontinentális gerinces fauna a Bakonyból: halak, kétéltűek, teknősök, gyíkok. Földtani Közlöny 136/4, pp. 487-502.
  3. ^ a b Ősi, A. & Rabi, M., 2006. Egy késő-kréta kontinentális gerinces fauna a Bakonyból II.: krokodilok, dinoszauruszok, pteroszauruszok és madarak (The Late Cretaceous continental vertebrate fauna from the Bakony Mountains II: crocodiles, dinosaurs (Theropoda, Aves, Ornithischia), pterosaurs). Földtani Közlöny, 136, 4, 503–526.
  4. ^ a b c Ősi, A., Apesteguía, S.M and Kowalewski, M. (In press). "Non-avian theropod dinosaurs from the early Late Cretaceous of Central Europe." Cretaceous Research, doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2010.01.001
  5. ^ Zoltán Szentesi and Márton Venczel (2010). "An advanced anuran from the Late Cretaceous (Santonian) of Hungary". Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 256 (3): 291–302. doi:10.1127/0077-7749/2010/0054. http://www.schweizerbart.de/resources/downloads/paper_previews/75036.pdf. 
  6. ^ a b Ősi A., Butler R.J., Weishampel David B. (2010). "A Late Cretaceous ceratopsian dinosaur from Europe with Asian affinities". Nature 465 (7297): 466–468. doi:10.1038/nature09019. PMID 20505726. 
  7. ^ Ösi, Attila. 2005. Hungarosaurus tormai, a new ankylosaur (Dinosauria) from the Upper Cretaceous of Hungary. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 25(2):370-383, June 2005.
  8. ^ Gareth J. Dyke, Attila Ősi (2010). "A review of Late Cretaceous fossil birds from Hungary". Geological Journal 45 (4): 434–444. doi:10.1002/gj.1209.