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Bauxite of Cornet

Geological formation in Romania

Bauxite of Cornet
Stratigraphic range: Early Cretaceous, Berriasian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Type	Geological formation
Overlies	Overlying and infilling limestone
Lithology
Primary	Mudstone, Conglomerate
Location
Coordinates	30°02′06″N 35°15′08″E / 30.035°N 35.2522°E / 30.035; 35.2522
Country	Romania
Type section
Named for	Abauxite 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[edit]

Pterosaurs[edit]

Dinosaurs[edit]

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]
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[edit]

• List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations

Footnotes[edit]

References[edit]

• 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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