Baynunah Formation
Stratigraphic range: Late Miocene
~
TypeGeological formation
UnderliesShuwaihat Formation
Lithology
PrimarySandstone, conglomerate
Location
Coordinates24°1′48″N 53°2′18″E / 24.03000°N 53.03833°E / 24.03000; 53.03833
RegionAl Gharbia
Country United Arab Emirates
Baynunah Formation is located in United Arab Emirates
Baynunah Formation
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]

Mammals

Artiodactyls
Bovids
TaxaSpeciesLocalityStratigraphic positionMaterialNotesImages
Pachyportax P. latidens
Tragoportax T. cyrenaicus
Hippotamids
TaxaSpeciesLocalityStratigraphic positionMaterialNotesImages
Archaeopotamus A. lothagamensis
A. qeshta
Carnivorans
TaxaSpeciesLocalityStratigraphic positionMaterialNotesImages
Plesiogulo P. praecocidens
Perissodactyls
TaxaSpeciesLocalityStratigraphic positionMaterialNotesImages
Primates
TaxaSpeciesLocalityStratigraphic positionMaterialNotesImages
Proboscideans
TaxaSpeciesLocalityStratigraphic positionMaterialNotesImages
Stegotetrabelodon S. emiratus A Gomphothere.
S. sytricus
Rodents
TaxaSpeciesLocalityStratigraphic positionMaterialNotesImages

Fish

TaxonNotesImage
Bagrus
ClariasAt least two species (possibly 3)
LabeobarbusCyprinid
 ?CapoetaProbably Capoeta
African cichlidAt least one species
PercomorphaIntermediate
Pristid sawfish
Daysatid stingray

Stegotetrabelodon footprints

Footprints attributed to Stegotetrabelodon have been found in the formation.[4]

See also

References

  1. "Annual Report 2017" (pdf), Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi, vol. 1: Culture, pp. 28–29, 2017, retrieved 2019-03-09
  2. 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".
  3. 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
  4. 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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