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9780300071832

Fossil Vertebrates of Arabia : With Emphasis on the Late Miocene Faunas, Geology, and Palaeoenvironments of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

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    9780300071832

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    0300071833

  • Format: Trade Book
  • Copyright: 1999-10-11
  • Publisher: Yale University Press

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Table of Contents

Foreword xi
Sheikh Nahayan bin Mubarak Al Nahayan
Preface xiii
Ken W. Glennie
Acknowledgements xvii
Contributors xix
Abbreviations xxiii
Map of the Western Region, Emirate of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
xxv
Part I Introduction, summary, overview, and history of palaeontological research in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Introduction to fossil vertebrates of Arabia
3(4)
Peter J. Whybrow
Andrew Hill
Summary and overview of the Baynunah fauna, Emirate of Abu Dhabi, and its context
7(8)
Andrew Hill
Peter J. Whybrow
History of palaeontological research in the Western Region of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
15(13)
Andrew Hill
Peter J. Whybrow
Walid Yasin
Part II Miocene geology of the Western Region, Emirate of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Introduction
26(2)
Local stratigraphy of the Neogene outcrops of the coastal area: Western Region, Emirate of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
28(10)
Peter J. Whybrow
Peter F. Friend
Peter W. Ditchfield
Charlie S. Bristow
Rivers of the Lower Baynunah Formation, Emirate of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
38(12)
Peter F. Friend
Aeolian and sabkha sediments in the Miocene Shuwaihat Formation, Emirate of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
50(11)
Charlie S. Bristow
Diagenesis of the Baynunah, Shuwaihat, and Upper Dam Formation sediments exposed in the Western Region, Emirate of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
61(14)
Peter W. Ditchfield
Palaeomagnetic correlation and dating of the Baynunah and Shuwaihat Formations, Emirate of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
75(13)
Ernie A. Hailwood
Peter J. Whybrow
Stable isotope analyses and dating of the Miocene of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
88(23)
Ross G. Peebles
Part III Miocene fossil fauna from the Baynunah Formation, Emirate of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Introduction
108(3)
Late Miocene swan mussels from the Baynunah Formation, Emirate of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
111(5)
Paul A. Jeffery
A terrestrial pulmonate gastropod from the late Miocene Baynunah Formation, Emirate of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
116(4)
Peter B. Mordan
Late Miocene fishes of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
120(16)
Peter L. Forey
Sally V. T. Young
Chelonia from the late Miocene Baynunah Formation, Emirate of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates: palaeogeographic implications
136(27)
France de Lapparent de Broin
Peter Paul van Dijk
Fossil crocodilians from the late Miocene Baynunah Formation of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates: osteology and palaeoecology
163(23)
Michael Rauhe
Eberhard ``Dino'' Frey
Daniel S. Pemberton
Torsten Rossmann
A late Miocene insectivore and rodent fauna from the Baynunah Formation, Emirate of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
186(12)
Hans de Bruijn
A monkey (Primates; Cercopithecidae) from the late Miocene of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
198(5)
Andrew Hill
Tom Gundling
Late Miocene Carnivora from the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
203(6)
John C. Barry
Miocene elephantids (Mammalia) from the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates: palaeobiogeographic implications
209(25)
Pascal Tassy
Hipparions from the late Miocene Baynunah Formation, Emirate of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
234(20)
Vera Eisenmann
Peter J. Whybrow
Fossil Suidae from the Baynunah Formation, Emirate of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
254(17)
Laura Bishop
Andrew Hill
A fossil hippopotamus from the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
271(19)
Alan W. Gentry
Fossil pecorans from the Baynunah Formation, Emirate of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
290(27)
Alan W. Gentry
Late Miocene Baynunah Formation, Emirate of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates: fauna, flora, and localities
317(21)
Peter J. Whybrow
Diana Clements
Part IV Proboscidean taphonomy, isotopes, and environments of the Baynunah Formation; artifacts from the Western Region, Emirate of Abu Dhabi; and Arabian palaeoenvironments
Introduction
336(2)
Taphonomy of the Shuwaihat proboscidean, late Miocene, Emirate of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
338(16)
Peter Andrews
Isotopes and environments of the Baynunah Formation, Emirate of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
354(19)
John D. Kingston
Earliest stone tools from the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
373(16)
Sally McBrearty
Late Miocene palaeoenvironments in Arabia: a synthesis
389(23)
John D. Kingston
Andrew Hill
Part V Regional faunas and floras from the Sultanate of Oman, the Republic of Yemen, Africa, and Asia
Introduction
410(2)
Late Miocene small-mammal faunal dynamics: the crossroads of the Arabian Peninsula
412(8)
Lawrence J. Flynn
Louis L. Jacobs
Late Miocene sub-Saharan African vertebrates, and their relation to the Baynunah fauna, Emirate of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
420(10)
Andrew Hill
Oligocene and Miocene terrestrial vertebrates in the southern Arabian Peninsula (Sultanate of Oman) and their geodynamic and palaeogeographic settings
430(13)
Herbert Thomas
Jack Roger
Sevket Sen
Martin Pickford
Emmanuel Gheerbrant
Zaher Al-Sulaimani
Salim Al-Busaidi
Geology, fruits, seeds, and vertebrates (?Sirenia) from the Kaninah Formation (middle Eocene), Republic of Yemen
443(11)
Mustafa Latif As-Saruri
Peter J. Whybrow
Margaret E. Collinson
A dinosaur from the Republic of Yemen
454(6)
Louis L. Jacobs
Phillip A. Murry
William R. Downs
Hamed A. El-Nakhal
Arabian Tertiary fauna, flora, and localities
460(17)
Peter J. Whybrow
Diana Clements
Part VI The Tethyan Arabian Gulf, the Mediterranean, and the world's Tertiary oceans
Introduction
476(1)
The terminal Tethyan event: a critical review of the conflicting age determinations for the disconnection of the Mediterranean from the Indian Ocean
477(8)
C. Geoffrey Adams
Deryck D. Bayliss
John E. Whittaker
Oligocene and Miocene palaeogeography and stratigraphy of the circum-Mediterranean region
485(16)
Fred Rogl
Oligocene and Miocene palaeoceanography---a review
501(8)
Norman MacLeod
Index 509(57)
Arabic contents 566

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