WHAT'S NEW
The special photo exhibition of Mr. Laszlo Alapfy can be seen in the Ancient Pine Visitor Centre between March 1. 2011 and April 30.
There are some unclassified trace fossils on the surface of the footprint-sandstone in the Tasnádi Kubacska Hall of the Geological Study Trail. Some of them are footprints of prehistoric animals (see the pictures below). We would appreciate your input or comments on them by email. Let's discover our past together.
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Fossils
The Lower Miocene strata of the Ipolytarnoc Fossil Site contains both marine and terrestrial fossils, including shark teeth, petrified trees, leaf impressions and tracks. Footprints of 11 vertebrate species have been described on the footprint-bearing sandstone, which was conserved by volcanic tuff covering.
It was due to the sudden volcanic catastrophe, which buried and conserved the paleohabitat, that fossil remains in so many plentitude survived. The site is considered the prime fossil locality of Hungary.
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