Upper Cretaceous dinosaurs of Hungary
Informations
- Funding country
Hungary- Acronym
- -
- URL
- -
- Start date
- 2/1/2002
- End date
- 12/31/2005
- Budget
- 20,642 EUR
Fundings
| Name | Role | Start | End | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thematic Programme | Grant | 2/1/2002 | 12/31/2005 | 20,642 EUR |
Abstract
The first dinosaur body fossils in Hungary were found in the Upper Cretaceous Csehbánya Formation after an intense two-year search. For documentation of the new locality the following investigations are planned: - Excavation and determination of the vertebrate fossils, studying taphonomy and diagenesis by mineralogy and geochemistry, - Biostratigraphy and magnetostratigraphy to determine the age of the fossil assemblage, - Describing the environment through the associated plant and vertebrate remains, - Study the fossil soils for paleoclimate and water budget, - Sedimentology to determine the hydrological conditions of the streams which transported the fossils, - Examine minerals of the sediment to learn about the relief and weathering of the landscape, - Draw a 3D relief model to illustrate the depositional environment. - Palaeogeography based on paleocontinental reconstructions to identfy biogeographic relations.