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
Mammals
Artiodactyls
Bovids
Giraffids
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Paleotragus
P. aff. germaini
Samotherium
S. cf. sp.
Hippotamids
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Archaeopotamus
A. lothagamensis
A. qeshta
Suidae
Carnivorans
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Plesiogulo
P. praecocidens
Perissodactyls
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Hipparion
H. abudhabiense
Primates
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Proboscideans
Rodents
Fish
Footprints attributed to Stegotetrabelodon have been found in the formation.[6]
See also
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