TY - EJOUR
AU - Kordos, Laszlo
AU - Meszaros, Ildiko
AU - Szarvas, Imre
PY - 2023
DA - November
TI - Tracking a “Prehistoric Pompeii” , Rhinoland and Crocodilia: New Discoveries and Interpretations Of Ipolytarnóc (N Hungary) Lower Miocene Track Site
T2 - Geoconservation Research (Geoconserv. Res.)
VL - 4
L1 - https://oiccpress.com/geoconservation-research/article/tracking-a-prehistoric-pompeii-rhinoland-and-crocodilia-new-discoveries-and-interpretations-of-ipolytarnoc-n-hungary-lower-miocene-track-site-3/
DO - 10.30486/gcr.2021.1914158.1062
N2 - The transnational Novohrad-Nógrád Geopark situated in Northern Hungary and Southern Slovakia has several important Neogene fossil sites developed for geotourism. One of them is the lower Miocene paleontological locality complex at Ipolytarnóc , which has been well known since the middle of the 19th century. The site is the main geotouristic gateway to the geopark, where high-tech interpretation resources explain the geological background and fossil resources to visitors, like the rich shark-tooth-bearing intertidal sandstone, the terrestrial sandstone and rhyolite tuff containing a petrified forest and leaves, and the great number of animal tracks in a relatively small area. Since 2015, the authors have identified several thousand footprints and body impressions, including new fish, amphibian, reptile, bird, and mammal ichnotaxa, among others. Re-interpretation of the paleohabitats identifies interfingering terrestrial (Rhinoland) and intertidal pool (Crocodilia) landscapes. Similar track assemblages of similar age indicate intensive tectonic uplift and fluviatile-lacustrine sediment accumulations in the Western, Central and Eastern Paratethys forced by Neogene African plate movements.
IS - 2
PB - OICC Press
KW - Ipolytarnóc, Miocene, Protection, Geotourism, Geopark, Interpretation, Footprints 
EN -