Baynunah Formation
Baynunah Formation | |
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Stratigraphic range: Late Miocene ~8.0–6.0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ | |
Type | Geological formation |
Underlies | Shuwaihat Formation |
Lithology | |
Primary | Sandstone, conglomerate |
Location | |
Coordinates | Baynunah Formation (United Arab Emirates) |
The Baynunah Formation is a palaeontological formation located in the western region of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates. It dates to the Upper Miocene epoch of the Neogene period[1] in the Cenozoic Era.
Geology
Fauna
Fossils of the hippopotamus genus Archaeopotamus have been found in the formation[2][3]
Birds
Taxa | Species | Locality | Stratigraphic position | Material | Notes | Images |
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Diamantornis | D. laini | |||||
Struthio | S. cf. karatheodoris | |||||
Phalacrocorax | P. sp. |
Mammals
Artiodactyls
Bovids
Taxa | Species | Locality | Stratigraphic position | Material | Notes | Images |
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Afrotragus | A. libycus | |||||
Miotragocerus | M. cyrenaicus | |||||
Pachyportax | P. latidens | |||||
Prostrepsiceros | P. vinayaki | |||||
Tragoportax | T. cyrenaicus |
Giraffids
Taxa | Species | Locality | Stratigraphic position | Material | Notes | Images |
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Paleotragus | P. aff. germaini | |||||
Samotherium | S. cf. sp. |
Hippotamids
Taxa | Species | Locality | Stratigraphic position | Material | Notes | Images |
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Archaeopotamus | A. lothagamensis | |||||
A. qeshta |
Suidae
Taxa | Species | Locality | Stratigraphic position | Material | Notes | Images |
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Nyanzachoerus | N. syrticus | |||||
Propotamochoerus | P. hysudricus |
Carnivorans
Taxa | Species | Locality | Stratigraphic position | Material | Notes | Images |
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Plesiogulo | P. praecocidens |
Perissodactyls
Taxa | Species | Locality | Stratigraphic position | Material | Notes | Images |
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Hipparion | H. abudhabiense |
Primates
Taxa | Species | Locality | Stratigraphic position | Material | Notes | Images |
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Proboscideans
Taxa | Species | Locality | Stratigraphic position | Material | Notes | Images |
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Stegotetrabelodon[4] | S. emiratus | A primitive elephantid. | ||||
Tetralophodon[4] | Indeterminate | A gomphothere. | ||||
Gomphotheriidae[4] | Indeterminate. | A gomphothere. | ||||
Deinotherium[4] | D. aff. bozasi | A deinotheriid |
Rodents
Taxa | Species | Locality | Stratigraphic position | Material | Notes | Images |
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Abudhabia | A. baynunensis | |||||
Dendromus | D. sp | |||||
Jebelus | J. rex | |||||
Myocricetodon | M. sp | |||||
Parapelomys | P. cf. charkhensis | |||||
Protohummus | P. dango |
Fish
Taxon | Notes | Image |
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Bagrus[5] | ||
Clarias[5] | At least two species (possibly 3) | |
Labeobarbus[5] | Cyprinid | |
?Capoeta[5] | Probably Capoeta | |
African cichlid[5] | At least one species | |
Percomorpha[5] | Intermediate | |
Pristid sawfish[5] | ||
Daysatid stingray[5] |
Stegotetrabelodon footprints
Footprints attributed to Stegotetrabelodon have been found in the formation.[6]
See also
- Cenozoic Asia
- Paleontological sites of Asia
- History of the United Arab Emirates
- List of fossil sites
References
- ^ "Annual Report 2017" (pdf), Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi, vol. 1: Culture, pp. 28–29, 2017, retrieved 2019-03-09
- ^ Boisserie, Jean-Renaud; Schuster, Mathieu; Beech, Mark; Hill, Andrew; Bibi, Faysal. "A New Species of Hippopotamine (Cetartiodactyla, Hippopotamidae) from the Late Miocene Baynunah Formation, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates".
- ^ Bibi, F., Hill, A., Beech, M., & Yasin, W. (2013). Late Miocene Fossils from the Baynunah Formation, United Arab Emirates. Fossil Mammals of Asia, 583–594. https://doi.org/10.7312/COLUMBIA/9780231150125.003.0027
- ^ a b c d Sanders, William J. (2022), Bibi, Faysal; Kraatz, Brian; Beech, Mark J.; Hill, Andrew (eds.), "Proboscidea from the Baynunah Formation", Sands of Time, Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology, Cham: Springer International Publishing, pp. 141–177, doi:10.1007/978-3-030-83883-6_10, ISBN 978-3-030-83882-9, retrieved 2024-01-03
- ^ a b c d e f g h Otera, Olga. Home Sands of Time Chapter Fishes from the Baynunah Formation. Springer International Publishing. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-83883-6_7.
- ^ Bibi, Faysal; Kraatz, Brian; Beech, Mark; Hill, Andrew (2022). "Fossil Trackways of the Baynunah Formation". Sands of Time. Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology. pp. 283–298. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-83883-6_17. ISBN 978-3-030-83882-9.
Further reading
- Vickers-Rich, Patricia & Rich, Thomas Hewett (1993); Wildlife of Gondwana. Reed. ISBN 0-7301-0315-3
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