Kcskehát_Limestone

Kcskehát Limestone

Kcskehát Limestone

Geologic formation in Hungary

The Kcskehát Limestone is a Jurassic geologic formation in Hungary. Indeterminate fossil Sauropod tracks have been reported from the formation. It is abundant on Illite and very little Kaolinite that indicates a change from the humid-subtropical climate of the Mecsek Coal Formation to the monsoon-like semi-arid climate of the Pliensbachian formations. The dominance of illite indicates a relatively fast erosion of the source area and a moderate input of terrigenous clastics relative to the underlying formations.[2][3]

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Vertebrate paleofauna

Dinosaurs

Indeterminate sauropod remains once misattributed to the Cetiosauridae are present in the province of Kecskemét, Hungary.[citation needed]

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Taxon Reclassified taxon Taxon falsely reported as present Dubious taxon or junior synonym Ichnotaxon Ootaxon Morphotaxon
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References

  1. [1]
    Raucsik, B., & Varga, A. (2008). Climato-environmental controls on clay mineralogy of the Hettangian–Bajocian successions of the Mecsek Mountains, Hungary: an evidence for extreme continental weathering during the early Toarcian oceanic anoxic event. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 265(1-2), 1-13.
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    Császár G., Szinger B., Piros O. (2013) From continental platform towards rifting of the Tisza Unit in the late Triassic to Early Cretaceous. GeologicaCarpathica, 64: 279–290. Late Triassic climate humidification and kaolinite formation (Western Carpathians, Tatric Init of the Tatra Mts.) | Request PDF. Available from: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259745031_Late_Triassic_cliamte_humidification_and_kaolinite_formation_Western_Carpathians_Tatric_Init_of_the_Tatra_Mts [accessed Aug 28 2018].
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    Császár, G., Szinger, B., & Piros, O. (2013). From continental platform towards rifting of the Tisza Unit in the Late Triassic to Early Cretaceous. Geologica Carpathica, 64(4), 279-290.

Bibliography

  • 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
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