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.