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{{Short description|Geological formation in Romania}}{{Infobox rockunit
| name = Bauxite of Cornet
| image =
| caption =
| type = [[Geological formation]]
| age = [[Early Cretaceous]], {{fossilrange|Berriasian}}
| period = Berriasian
| prilithology = [[Mudstone]], [[Conglomerate (geology)|Conglomerate]]
| otherlithology =
| namedfor = A [[bauxite]] mine near [[Cornet, Romania]] where the formation outcrops
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| region =
| country = {{Flag|Romania}}
| coordinates = {{coord|30.035|N|35.2522|E|display=inline,title}}
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| lat_deg = 45
| lon_deg = 26
| mark = Lightgreen pog.svg
| marksize = 12
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| year_ts = 1978
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| overlies = Overlying and infilling limestone
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The '''Bauxite of Cornet''' is a geological [[Formation (geology)|formation]] in Romania whose strata date back to the [[Early Cretaceous]]. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.<ref name="cretaceousdistribution">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}}.</ref> It exists as [[karst]]ic sediments infilling fissures and caves in limestone.

The formation was discovered in a former [[bauxite]] mine near [[Cornet, Romania|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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{| class="wikitable" align="center" width="100%"
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! colspan="7" align="center" |'''[[Dinosaur]]s of the Bauxite of Cornet'''
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! Genus
! Species
! Location
! Member
! Abundance
! Notes
! Images
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''[[Eurolimnornis]]''<ref name="cornet" />
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''E. corneti''<ref name="cornet" />
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Judetul Bihor<ref name="cornet" />
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Formerly classified as a bird or theropod, actually a pterodactyloid pterosaur.<ref name=Piksi>^ 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.</ref>
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''[[Palaeocursornis]]''<ref name="cornet" />
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''P. corneti''<ref name="cornet" />
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Judetul Bihor<ref name="cornet" />
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Formerly classified as a bird or theropod, actually an azhdarchid pterosaur.<ref name=Piksi/>
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|}

===Dinosaurs===
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{| class="wikitable" align="center" width="100%"
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! colspan="7" align="center" |'''[[Dinosaur]]s of the Bauxite of Cornet'''
|-
! Genus
! Species
! Location
! Member
! Abundance
! Notes
! Images
|-
|style="background:#f3e9f3;" |
''[[Archaeopteryx]]''<ref name="cornet">"29.1 Judetul Bihor, Romania; 1. Bauxite of Cornet," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 562.</ref>
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Indeterminate<ref name="cornet" />
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Judetul Bihor<ref name="cornet" />
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|style="background:#f3e9f3;" |
Possible indeterminate avialan remains.<ref name="cornet" />
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[[File:Iguanodon new NT.jpg|thumb|center|175px|''[[Iguanodon]]''.]]
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Theropoda<ref name="cornet" />
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Indeterminate<ref name="cornet" />
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Judetul Bihor<ref name="cornet" />
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Formerly referred to ''[[Aristosuchus]]''.<ref name="cornet" />
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|''[[List of informally named dinosaurs|Bihariosaurus]]''<ref name=Bihariosaurus>{{cite journal|last=Posmoşanu|first=E.|year=2003|title=Iguanodontian dinosaurs from the lower Cretaceous Bauxite site from Romania|journal=Acta Paleontologica Romaniae|volume=4|pages=431–439|url=http://actapalrom.geo-paleontologica.org/APR_vol_4/39Posmosanu.pdf}}</ref>
|''B. baxiticus''<ref name=Bihariosaurus />
|Judetul Bihor<ref name=Bihariosaurus />
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|A possible relative of ''[[Camptosaurus]]''. Formerly referred to ''[[Valdosaurus]]''.<ref name=Bihariosaurus />
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''[[Hypsilophodon]]''<ref name="cornet" />
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Indeterminate<ref name="cornet" />
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Judetul Bihor<ref name="cornet" />
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Ornithopoda'<ref name="cornet" />
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Indeterminate<ref name="cornet" />
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Judetul Bihor<ref name="cornet" />
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cf. ?''[[Owenodon]]''
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Indeterminate
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Judetul Bihor<ref name="cornet" />
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==See also==
{{Portal|Earth sciences|Paleontology|Dinosaurs||}}
* [[List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations]]

==Footnotes==
{{Reflist}}

==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}}.

[[Category:Lower Cretaceous Series of Europe]]
[[Category:Berriasian Stage]]

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