Title of article
An Upper Cretaceous (Campanian-Maastrichtian) actinopterygian fish assemblage from the marginal marine Adaffa Formation of Saudi Arabia
Author/Authors
Kear، نويسنده , , Benjamin P. and Rich، نويسنده , , Thomas H. and Ali، نويسنده , , Mohammed A. and Al-Mufarrih، نويسنده , , Yahya A. and Matiri، نويسنده , , Adel H. and Al-Masary، نويسنده , , Abdu M. and Attia، نويسنده , , Yousry، نويسنده ,
Issue Information
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2009
Pages
5
From page
1164
To page
1168
Abstract
Actinopterygian remains have been recovered from Upper Cretaceous (lower Campanian to lower Maastrichtian) marginal marine deposits of the Adaffa Formation in northwestern Saudi Arabia. The fossils comprise gars (Lepisosteidae), pachycormids (cf. Protosphyraena sp.), indeterminate pycnodontiforms, enchodontid teleosts (cf. Enchodus sp.) and other indeterminate Teleostei. This assemblage is significant because it includes a novel occurrence for the Middle East (Pachycormidae) together with taxa (Lepisosteidae, Pycnodontiformes, Enchodontidae) that have been previously recorded from Late Cretaceous faunas elsewhere in the Mediterranean Tethyan region.
Keywords
Upper Cretaceous , Saudi Arabia , palaeobiogeography , Mediterranean Tethys , Actinopterygian , Midyan region
Journal title
Cretaceous Research
Serial Year
2009
Journal title
Cretaceous Research
Record number
2303166
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