Fossil Vertebrates Of Arabia: With Emphasis On The Late Miocene Faunas, Geology, And Palaeoenvironments Of The Emirate Of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Faqārīyāt Al-uḥfūrīyah Fī Al-jazīrah Al-ʻarabīyah

This Extensively Illustrated Volume Brings Together For The First Time The Results Of Research On Arabian Continental Vertebrates Discovered In The United Arab Emirates, The Sultanate Of Oman, And The Republic Of Yemen. Eminent Scientists From Arabia, Europe, And The United States Provide Up-to-date Information On Arabian Paleontology As Well As On Arabian Stratigraphical, Geological, Isotopic, And Paleomagnetic Topics. The Book Presents New Fossil Records From Arabia And Pakistan And Discusses The Closing Of The Ancient Middle East Tethys Seaway.--book Jacket. Foreword / Nahayan Bin Mubarak Al Nahayan -- Preface / Ken W. Glennie -- Map Of The Western Region, Emirate Of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates -- Pt. I. Introduction, Summary, Overview, And History Of Palaeontological Research In The Emirate Of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. 1. Introduction To Fossil Vertebrates Of Arabia / Peter J. Whybrow And Andrew Hill. 2. Summary And Overview Of The Baynunah Fauna, Emirate Of Abu Dhabi, And Its Context / Andrew Hill And Peter J. Whybrow. 3. History Of Palaeontological Research In The Western Region Of The Emirate Of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates / Andrew Hill, Peter J. Whybrow And Walid Yasin --^ Pt. Ii. Miocene Geology Of The Western Region, Emirate Of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. 4. Local Stratigraphy Of The Neogene Outcrops Of The Coastal Area: Western Region, Emirate Of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates / Peter J. Whybrow, Peter F. Friend And Peter W. Ditchfield / [et Al.]. 5. Rivers Of The Lower Baynunah Formation, Emirate Of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates / Peter F. Friend. 6. Aeolian And Sabkha Sediments In The Miocene Shuwaihat Formation, Emirate Of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates / Charlie S. Bristow. 7. Diagenesis Of The Baynunah, Shuwaihat, And Upper Dam Formation Sediments Exposed In The Western Region, Emirate Of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates / Peter W. Ditchfield. 8. Palaeomagnetic Correlation And Dating Of The Baynunah And Shuwaihat Formations, Emirate Of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates / Ernie A. Hailwood And Peter J. Whybrow. 9. Stable Isotope Analyses And Dating Of The Miocene Of The Emirate Of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates / Ross G. Peebles --^ Pt. Iii. Miocene Fossil Fauna From The Baynunah Formation, Emirate Of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. 10. Late Miocene Swan Mussels From The Baynunah Formation, Emirate Of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates / Paul A. Jeffery. 11. A Terrestrial Pulmonate Gastropod From The Late Miocene Baynunah Formation, Emirate Of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates / Peter B. Mordan. 12. Late Miocene Fishes Of The Emirate Of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates / Peter L. Forey And Sally V. T. Young. 13. Chelonia From The Late Miocene Baynunah Formation, Emirate Of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates: Palaeogeographic Implications / France De Lapparent De Broin And Peter Paul Van Dijk. 14. Fossil Crocodilians From The Late Miocene Baynunah Formation Of The Emirate Of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates: Osteology And Palaeoecology / Michael Rauhe, Eberhard Dino Frey And Daniel S. Pemberton / [et Al.]. 15.^ A Late Miocene Insectivore And Rodent Fauna From The Baynunah Formation, Emirate Of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates / Hans De Bruijn. 16. A Monkey (primates; Cercopithecidae) From The Late Miocene Of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates / Andrew Hill And Tom Gundling. 17. Late Miocene Carnivora From The Emirate Of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates / John C. Barry. 18. Miocene Elephantids (mammalia) From The Emirate Of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates: Palaeobiogeographic Implications / Pascal Tassy. 19. Hipparions From The Late Miocene Baynunah Formation, Emirate Of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates / Vera Eisenmann And Peter J. Whybrow. 20. Fossil Suidae From The Baynunah Formation, Emirate Of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates / Laura Bishop And Andrew Hill. 21. A Fossil Hippopotamus From The Emirate Of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates / Alan W. Gentry. 22. Fossil Pecorans From The Baynunah Formation, Emirate Of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates / Alan W. Gentry. 23.^ Late Miocene Baynunah Formation, Emirate Of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates: Fauna, Flora, And Localities / Peter J. Whybrow And Diana Clements -- Pt. Iv. Proboscidean Taphonomy, Isotopes, And Environments Of The Baynunah Formation; Artifacts From The Western Region, Emirate Of Abu Dhabi; And Arabian Palaeoenvironments. 24. Taphonomy Of The Shuwaihat Proboscidean, Late Miocene, Emirate Of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates / Peter Andrews. 25. Isotopes And Environments Of The Baynunah Formation, Emirate Of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates / John D. Kingston. 26. Earliest Stone Tools From The Emirate Of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates / Sally Mcbrearty. 27. Late Miocene Palaeoenvironments In Arabia: A Synthesis / John D. Kingston And Andrew Hill --^ Pt. V. Regional Faunas And Floras From The Sultanate Of Oman, The Republic Of Yemen, Africa, And Asia. 28. Late Miocene Small-mammal Faunal Dynamics: The Crossroads Of The Arabian Peninsula / Lawrence J. Flynn And Louis L. Jacobs. 29. Late Miocene Sub-saharan African Vertebrates, And Their Relation To The Baynunah Fauna, Emirate Of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates / Andrew Hill. 30. Oligocene And Miocene Terrestrial Vertebrates In The Southern Arabian Peninsula (sultanate Of Oman) And Their Geodynamic And Palaeogeographic Settings / Herbert Thomas, Jack Roger And Sevket Sen / [et Al.]. 31. Geology, Fruits, Seeds, And Vertebrates (?sirenia) From The Kaninah Formation (middle Eocene) Republic Of Yemen / Mustafa Latif As-saruri, Peter J. Whybrow And Margaret E. Collinson. 32. A Dinosaur From The Republic Of Yemen / Louis L. Jacobs, Phillip A. Murry And William R. Downs / [et Al.]. 33. Arabian Tertiary Fauna, Flora, And Localities / Peter J. Whybrow And Diana Clements --^ Pt. Vi. The Tethyan Arabian Gulf, The Mediterranean, And The World's Tertiary Oceans. 34. The Terminal Tethyan Event: A Critical Review Of The Conflicting Age Determinations For The Disconnection Of The Mediterranean From The Indian Ocean / C. Geoffrey Adams, Deryck D. Bayliss And John E. Whittaker. 35. Oligocene And Miocene Palaeogeography And Stratigraphy Of The Circum-mediterranean Region / Fred Rogl. 36. Oligocene And Miocene Palaeoceanography -- A Review / Norman Macleod. Edited By Peter J. Whybrow And Andrew Hill, In Collaboration With The Abu Dhabi Company For Onshore Oil Operations, The Ministry For Higher Education And Scientific Research, United Arab Emirates. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Text In English, With Arabic Summary At End. Book Cover ......Page 1 Book Back cover ......Page 2 Abstract ......Page 3 Emir picture ......Page 4 Book title ......Page 5 Publisher & copyrights ......Page 6 Dedication ......Page 7 Contents ......Page 8 Foreword ......Page 11 Preface ......Page 13 Acknowledgements ......Page 16 Contributors ......Page 17 Abbreviations ......Page 20 PART I: Introduction, Summary, Overview and History of Palaeontological Research in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, UAE ......Page 23 1 - Introduction to fossil vertebrates of Arabia ......Page 24 2 - Summary and overview of the Baynunah fauna, Emirate of Abu Dhabi, and its context ......Page 28 3 - History of Palaeontological Research in the Western Region of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates ......Page 36 PART II: Miocene Geology of the Western Region, Emirate of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates ......Page 46 Introduction ......Page 47 4 - Local Stratigraphy of the Neogene outcrops of the Coastal area: Western region, Emirate of Abu Dhabi, UAE ......Page 49 5 - Rivers of the Lower Baynunah Formation, Emirate of Abu Dhabi, UAE ......Page 60 6 - Aeolian and Sabkha Sediments in the Miocene Shuwaihat Formation, Emirate of Abu Dhabi, UAE ......Page 71 7 - Diagenesis of the Baynunah, Shuwaihat, and Upper Dam Formation Sediments exposed in the Western Region, Emirate of Abu Dhabi, UAE ......Page 82 8 - Palaeomagnetic correlation and Dating of the Baynunah and Shuwaihat Formation, Emirate of Abu Dhabi, UAE ......Page 96 9 - Stable isotope Analyses and Dating of the Miocene of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, UAE ......Page 109 Part III: Miocene Fossil Fauna from the Baynunah Formation, Emirate of Abu Dhabi, UAE ......Page 128 Introduction ......Page 129 10 - Late Miocene Swan Mussels from the Baynunah Formation, Emirate of Abu Dhabi, UAE ......Page 132 11 - A Terrestrial Pulmonate Gastropod from the Late Miocene Baynunah Formation, Emirate of Abu Dhabi, UAE ......Page 137 12 - Late Miocene Fishes of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, UAE ......Page 141 13 - Chelonia from the Late Miocene Baynunah Formation, Emirate of Abu Dhabi, UAE: Palaeogeographic implication ......Page 157 14 - Fossil crocodilians from the Late Miocene Baynunah Formation of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, UAE: Osteology and Palaeoecology ......Page 183 15 - A Late Miocene Insectivore and Rodent Fauna from the Baynunah Formation, Emirate of Abu Dhabi, UAE ......Page 206 16 - A monkey (Primates; Cercopithecidae) from the Late Miocene of Abu Dhabi, UAE ......Page 218 17 - Late Miocene Carnivora from the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, UAE ......Page 223 18 - Miocene Elephantids (Mammalia) from the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, UAE: Palaeobiogeographic Implications ......Page 229 19 - Hipparions from the Late Miocene Baynunah Formation, Emirate of Abu Dhabi, UAE ......Page 254 20 - Fossil Suidae from the Baynunah Formation, Emirate of Abu Dhabi, UAE ......Page 274 21 - A fossil Hippopotamus from the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, UAE ......Page 291 22 - Fossil Pecorans from the Baynunah Formation, Emirate of Abu Dhabi, UAE ......Page 310 23 - Late Miocene Baynunah Formation, Emirate of Abu Dhabi, UAE: Fauna, Flora, and Localities ......Page 337 Part IV: Proboscidean taphonomy, isotopes and Environments of the Baynunah Formation; artifacts from the Western Region, Emirate of Abu Dhabi; and arabian Palaeoenvironments ......Page 355 Introduction ......Page 356 24 - Taphonomy of the Shuwaihat Proboscidean, Late Miocene, Emirate of Abu Dhabi, UAE ......Page 358 25 - Isotopes and Environments of the Baynunah Formation, Emirate of Abu Dhabi, UAE ......Page 374 26 - Earliest Stone Tools from the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, UAE ......Page 393 27 - Late Miocene Palaeoenvironments in Arabia: A Synthesis ......Page 409 Part V: Regional faunas and floras from the Sultanate of Oman, the Republic of Yemen, Africa and Asia ......Page 429 Introduction ......Page 430 28 - Late Miocene Small-Mammal Faunal Dynamics: The Crossroads of the Arabian Peninsula ......Page 432 29 - Late Miocene Sub-Saharan African Vertebrates, and their relation to the Baynunah Fauna, Emirate of Abu Dhabi, UAE ......Page 440 30 - Oligocene and Miocene terrestrial vertebrates in the Southern Arabian Peninsula (Sultanate of Oman) and their Geodynamic and Palaeogeographic settings ......Page 450 31 - Geology, Fruits, Seeds, and vertebrates (?Sirenia) from the Kaninah Formation (Middle Eocene), Republic of Yemen ......Page 463 32 - A dinosaur from the Republic of Yemen ......Page 474 33 - Arabian Tertiary Fauna, Flora and Localities ......Page 480 Part VI: The Tethyan Arabian Gulf, the Mediterranean, and the World's Tertiary oceans ......Page 495 Introduction ......Page 496 34 - The Terminal Tethyan Event: A critical Review of the conflicting Age Determinations for the Disconnection of the Mediterranean from the Indian Ocean ......Page 497 35 - Oligocene and Miocene Palaeogeography and Stratigraphy of the Circum-Mediterranean Region ......Page 505 36 - Oligocene and Miocene Palaeoceanography - A Review ......Page 521 Index ......Page 528 Arabic Text ......Page 543