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xv ACKNOWLE DGME NT S The authors express their sincere thanks to Professors András Galácz and László Kordos, who reviewed the Hungarian version of this manuscript and made useful suggestions that allowed us to improve it. The present English edition has benefited significantly from the comments of academician Barnabás Géczy, who read the first Hungarian version enthusiastically and carefully and provided useful comments. Special thanks are dedicated to Gareth Dyke, the English text editor of this volume, whose work was thorough and who has done much more than could normally be expected. His contribution was essential and is highly appreciated. The translation of the Hungarian version of this book into English was made possible by financial support generously provided by the following enterprises and organizations : initially Szalai Group SL (Mallorca, Spain), then later TXM, Oil and Gas Exploration Ltd. (Hungary), Geomega Ltd. (Hungary) and the Hantken Miksa Foundation (Hungary). Most of the fossils figured in this book belong to the collections of the Hungarian Natural History Museum (Budapest ) and the Geological Museum of Hungary (Budapest); some are housed at the Eötvös Museum of Natural History (Budapest). We thank the leaders of these institutions for making the collections in their care available to us. Dezső Illés and Bálint Péterdi kindly helped us to explore the rich collections of the Geological Museum of Hungary. We thank in particular András Szunyoghy for making a number of unique pencil drawings used in this book, and Mariann Bosnakoff and László Zentai for compiling the index and providing locality maps. Eszter Hankó and Tímea Szlepák contributed significantly to the completion of the bibliographic database used in this book. We thank our colleagues and friends, without whose contributions and support this book would never have been completed. They are, in alphabetical order: Bada Gábor (Budapest, Hungary); Báldiné Beke Mária (Üröm, Hungary); Barabás András (Pécs, Hungary); Bertalan Tamás (Bonyhád, Hungary); Bókáné Barbacka Mária (Budapest, Hungary); Budai Tamás (Budapest, Hungary); Coralia Maria Jioanu (Deva, Romania); Császár Géza (Budapest , Hungary); Csiki Zoltán (Bucharest, Romania); Czier Zoltán (Oradea, Romania); Czirják Gábor (Budapest, Hungary); Dan Grigorescu (Bucharest, Romania); David B. Weishampel (Baltimore, United States); David Mayhew† (Leiden, Netherlands); Detre Csaba (Budapest, Hungary); Dunai Mihály (Budapest, Hungary); Erdei Boglárka (Budapest , Hungary); Erika Posmoşanu (Oradea, Romania); Fitos Attila (Budapest, Hungary); Fűköh Levente (Gyöngyös, Hungary); Gerhard Mandl (Vienna, Austria); Görög Ágnes (Budapest, Hungary); Hably Lilla (Budapest, Hungary); Hála József, (Budapest, Hungary); Harald Lobitzer (Bad Ischl, Austria); Hír János (Pásztó, Hungary); Jan Sand (Bratislava, Slovakia); Jan Schlögl (Bratislava, Slovakia); John Callomon† (London, United Kingdom); Josef Piller (Stetten, Austria); Kazár Emese (Budapest, Hungary); Kázm ér Miklós (Budapest, Hungary); Kocsis László (Lausanne, Switzerland); Kőhler Artúr (Budapest, Hungary); Kovács Sándor† (Budapest, Hungary); Kretzoi Miklós† (Budapest, Hungary); Krolopp Endre† (Budapest, Hungary); Laczkóné Őri Gabriella (Budapest, Hungary); Lantos Zoltán (Budapest , Hungary); Magyar Imre (Budapest, Hungary); Ma­ gyari Enikő (Budapest, Hungary); Matskási István (Budapest , Hungary); Mészáros Lukács (Szentendre, Hungary); Mihai Popa (Bucharest, Romania); Miloš Siblík (Prague, Czech Republic); Monostori Miklós (Budapest, Hungary); Ősi Attila (Budapest, Hungary); Ozsvárt Péter (Budapest, Hungary); Pálfy József (Budakeszi, Hungary); Palotás Klára (Budapest, Hungary); Papp Gábor (Budapest, Hungary ); Pazonyi Piroska (Budapest, Hungary); Pecsics Tibor (Budapest, Hungary), Pelikán Pál (Budapest, Hungary); Péró Csaba (Budapest, Hungary); Péterdi Bálint (Budapest , Hungary); Piros Olga (Budapest, Hungary); Pongrácz László (Balatonfüred, Hungary); Raucsikné Varga Andrea (Szeged, Hungary); Rodika Ciobanu (Sibiu, Romania); Selmeczi Ildikó (Budapest, Hungary); Stamm Attila (Budapest , Hungary); Szabó János (Budapest, Hungary); Szalai Erika (Mallorca, Spain); T. Bíró Katalin (Budapest, Hungary ); Tóth Tamás (Budapest, Hungary); Venczel Márton (Oradea, Romania); Vlad Codrea (Cluj Napoca, Romania); Vörös Attila (Budapest, Hungary); Vörös István (Budapest, Hungary); Vremir Mátyás (Cluj Napoca, Romania); Wanek Ferenc (Cluj Napoca, Romania); Weiszburg Tamás (Budapest , Hungary). The authors are deeply indebted to Tamás Bertalan, Mihály Dunai, Zoltán Evanics, Zoltán Orbán, and László Sővér—all adept fossil collectors and good friends—for permitting the publication of photos of exceptionally attractive specimens in their collections and the publishers of the Proceedings of...

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