Baynunah Formation

Baynunah Formation
Baynunah Formation
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	24°1′48″N 53°2′18″E / 24.03000°N 53.03833°E
Region	Al Gharbia
Country	United Arab Emirates
	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 edit

Fauna edit

Fossils of the hippopotamus genus Archaeopotamus have been found in the formation^[2]^[3]

Birds edit

Taxa	Species	Locality	Stratigraphic position	Material	Notes	Images
Diamantornis	D. laini
Struthio	S. cf. karatheodoris
Phalacrocorax	P. sp.

Mammals edit

Artiodactyls edit

Bovids edit

Taxa	Species	Locality	Stratigraphic position	Material	Notes	Images
Afrotragus	A. libycus
Miotragocerus	M. cyrenaicus
Pachyportax	P. latidens
Prostrepsiceros	P. vinayaki
Tragoportax	T. cyrenaicus

Giraffids edit

Taxa	Species	Locality	Stratigraphic position	Material	Notes	Images
Paleotragus	P. aff. germaini
Samotherium	S. cf. sp.

Hippotamids edit

Taxa	Species	Locality	Stratigraphic position	Material	Notes	Images
Archaeopotamus	A. lothagamensis
Archaeopotamus	A. qeshta

Suidae edit

Taxa	Species	Locality	Stratigraphic position	Material	Notes	Images
Nyanzachoerus	N. syrticus
Propotamochoerus	P. hysudricus

Carnivorans edit

Taxa	Species	Locality	Stratigraphic position	Material	Notes	Images
Plesiogulo	P. praecocidens

Perissodactyls edit

Taxa	Species	Locality	Stratigraphic position	Material	Notes	Images
Hipparion	H. abudhabiense

Primates edit

Taxa	Species	Locality	Stratigraphic position	Material	Notes	Images

Proboscideans edit

Taxa	Species	Notes
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 edit

Taxa	Species	Locality	Stratigraphic position	Material	Notes	Images
Abudhabia	A. baynunensis
Dendromus	D. sp
Jebelus	J. rex
Myocricetodon	M. sp
Parapelomys	P. cf. charkhensis
Protohummus	P. dango

Fish edit

Taxon	Notes	Image
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 edit

Footprints attributed to Stegotetrabelodon have been found in the formation.^[6]

References edit

^ "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.