Bauxite of Cornet

Bauxite of Cornet
Bauxite of Cornet
Stratigraphic range: Early Cretaceous,
Type	Geological formation
Overlies	Overlying and infilling limestone
Lithology
Primary	Mudstone, Conglomerate
Location
Coordinates	30.035°N 35.2522°E
Country	Romania
Type section
Named for	A bauxite mine near Cornet, Romania where the formation outcrops
Year defined	1978
	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.

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

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 of the Bauxite of Cornet
Genus	Species	Location	Member	Abundance	Notes	Images
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 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 of the Bauxite of Cornet
Genus	Species	Location	Member	Abundance	Notes	Images
Archaeopteryx[2]	Indeterminate[2]	Judetul Bihor[2]			Possible indeterminate avialan remains.[2]	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]

Footnotes

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.
"29.1 Judetul Bihor, Romania; 1. Bauxite of Cornet," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 562.
^ 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.
Posmoşanu, E. (2003). "Iguanodontian dinosaurs from the lower Cretaceous Bauxite site from Romania" (PDF). Acta Paleontologica Romaniae. 4: 431–439.

References

Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. 861 pp. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.

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[cretaceousdistribution-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.

[cornet-2] "29.1 Judetul Bihor, Romania; 1. Bauxite of Cornet," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 562.

[Piksi-3] 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.

[Bihariosaurus-4] Posmoşanu, E. (2003). "Iguanodontian dinosaurs from the lower Cretaceous Bauxite site from Romania" (PDF). Acta Paleontologica Romaniae. 4: 431–439.