Jókai mine, spoil heaps: Santonian, Hungary
collected by A. Osi 1999–2000, 2012, 2014
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Actinopteri
- Lepisosteiformes
- Lepisosteidae
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Lepisosteidae indet.
Cuvier 1825
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10 specimens | |||||||||
| teeth, MTM VER 2015.19; MTM VER 2015.23 | ||||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Pycnodontiformes
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Pycnodontiformes indet.
Berg 1937
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15 specimens | |||||||||
| teeth, MTM V.2000.32; MTM VER 2015.18; MTM VER 2015.20; MTM VER 2015.22 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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Pannoniasaurus inexpectatus
Makádi et al. 2012
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| dorsal vertebra, MTM V.2000.21 | ||||||||||
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Theropoda indet.
(Marsh 1881)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| tooth, MTM VER 2015.27 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Nodosauridae
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Nodosauridae indet.
Marsh 1890
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| tooth, MTM VER 2015.28 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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cf. Theriosuchus sp.
Owen 1878
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7 specimens | |||||||||
| teeth, MTM VER 2000.32; MTM VER 2015.25 | ||||||||||
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= Neosuchia indet.
Clark 1988
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Tennant et al. 2016 | |||||||||
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Iharkutosuchus makadii
Osi et al. 2007
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| teeth, MTM VER 2015.24 | ||||||||||
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cf. Allodaposuchus sp.
Nopcsa 1928
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10 specimens | |||||||||
| teeth, MTM VER 2015.21; MTM V.2000.22; MTM VER 2015.26 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Hungary | State/province: | Veszprém | County: | Ajkai |
| Coordinates: | 47.1° North, 17.6° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 30.9° North, 18.5° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Santonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 6 |
| Key time interval: | Santonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 86.30000 - 83.60000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Ajka Coal |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | argillaceous marl |
| Secondary lithology: | sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "an alternation of lignite beds, marls, sands and sandstone beds, and grey to brownish carbonaceous to argillaceous pelitic sediments with interbedded molluscan lumachelles" | |
| Environment: | lacustrine delta plain |
| Geology comments: freshwater, swampy and lacustrine settings, "lacustrine, peat-fen" (lacustrine-palustrine) | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Fragmentation: | occasional |
| Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | salvage,selective quarrying,surface (float),field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | ||
| Collectors: | A. Osi | Collection dates: | 1999–2000, 2012, 2014 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Ajka | ||
| Database number: | 173313 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano, P. Mannion | Enterer: | M. Carrano, P. Mannion |
| Modifier: | P. Mannion | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2015-09-16 10:40:12 | Last modified: | 2021-04-08 06:16:48 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2015-09-16 10:40:12 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 56346. | A. Osi, E. R. Bodor, L. Makádi and M. Rabi. 2015. Vertebrate remains from the Upper Cretaceous (Santonian) Ajka Coal Formation, western Hungary. Cretaceous Research 57:228-238 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 59838 | J. P. Tennant, P. D. Mannion, and P. Upchurch. 2016. Evolutionary relationships and systematics of Atoposauridae (Crocodylomorpha: Neosuchia): implications for the rise of Eusuchia. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 177:854-936 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] |