Bauxite of Cornet

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Bauxite of Cornet
Stratigraphic range: Early Cretaceous, Berriasian
Type Geological formation
OverliesOverlying and infilling limestone
Lithology
Primary Mudstone, Conglomerate
Location
Coordinates 30°02′06″N35°15′08″E / 30.035°N 35.2522°E / 30.035; 35.2522
CountryFlag of Romania.svg  Romania
Type section
Named forA bauxite mine near Cornet, Romania where the formation outcrops
Year defined1978
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Bauxite of Cornet (Romania)

The Bauxite of Cornet is a geological formation in Romania whose strata date back to the Early Cretaceous. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation. [1] It exists as karstic sediments infilling fissures and caves in limestone.

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The formation was discovered in a former bauxite mine near Cornet and Oradea during a mine explosion in 1978 but the mine flooded in 1999 so further excavations of the formation are currently impossible.

Vertebrate paleofauna

Pterosaurs

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Taxon Reclassified taxonTaxon falsely reported as presentDubious taxon or junior synonym Ichnotaxon Ootaxon Morphotaxon
Notes
Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; crossed out taxa are discredited.
Dinosaurs of the Bauxite of Cornet
GenusSpeciesLocationMemberAbundanceNotesImages

Eurolimnornis [2]

E. corneti [2]

Judetul Bihor [2]

Formerly classified as a bird or theropod, actually a pterodactyloid pterosaur. [3]

Palaeocursornis [2]

P. corneti [2]

Judetul Bihor [2]

Formerly classified as a bird or theropod, actually an azhdarchid pterosaur. [3]

Dinosaurs

Color key
Taxon Reclassified taxonTaxon falsely reported as presentDubious taxon or junior synonym Ichnotaxon Ootaxon Morphotaxon
Notes
Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; crossed out taxa are discredited.
Dinosaurs of the Bauxite of Cornet
GenusSpeciesLocationMemberAbundanceNotesImages

Archaeopteryx [2]

Indeterminate [2]

Judetul Bihor [2]

Possible indeterminate avialan remains. [2]

Iguanodon. Iguanodon new NT.jpg
Iguanodon .

Theropoda [2]

Indeterminate [2]

Judetul Bihor [2]

Formerly referred to Aristosuchus . [2]

Bihariosaurus [4] B. baxiticus [4] Judetul Bihor [4] A possible relative of Camptosaurus . Formerly referred to Valdosaurus . [4]

Hypsilophodon [2]

Indeterminate [2]

Judetul Bihor [2]

Ornithopoda' [2]

Indeterminate [2]

Judetul Bihor [2]

cf. ? Owenodon

Indeterminate

Judetul Bihor [2]

See also

Footnotes

  1. Weishampel, David B; et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution (Early Cretaceous, Europe)." In: Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. 562. ISBN   0-520-24209-2.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 "29.1 Judetul Bihor, Romania; 1. Bauxite of Cornet," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 562.
  3. 1 2 ^ Federico L. Agnolin and David Varricchio (2012). "Systematic reinterpretation of Piksi barbarulna Varricchio, 2002 from the Two Medicine Formation (Upper Cretaceous) of Western USA (Montana) as a pterosaur rather than a bird". Geodiversitas. 34 (4): 883–894. doi:10.5252/g2012n4a10. Archived from the original on 2013-01-07.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Posmoşanu, E. (2003). "Iguanodontian dinosaurs from the lower Cretaceous Bauxite site from Romania" (PDF). Acta Paleontologica Romaniae. 4: 431–439.

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