  The ellipsoidally symmetric Buda-Lund hydrodynamic model describes naturally
the transverse momentum and the pseudorapidity dependence of the elliptic flow
in Au+Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}} = 130$ and 200 GeV. The result confirms
the indication of quark deconfinement in Au+Au collisions at RHIC, obtained
from Buda-Lund hydro model fits to combined spectra and HBT radii of BRAHMS,
PHOBOS, PHENIX and STAR.
