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Late Cretaceous (Campanian-Maastrichtian) marine reptiles from the Adaffa Formation, NW Saudi Arabia
B. P. Kear, T. H. Rich, M. A. Ali, Y. A. Al-Mufarrih, A. H. Matiri, A. M. Masary and Y. Attia
Late Cretaceous (Campanian-Maastrichtian) marine reptiles from the Adaffa Formation, NW Saudi Arabia
Geological Magazine (September 2008) 145 (5): 648-654
Late Cretaceous (Campanian-Maastrichtian) marine reptiles from the Adaffa Formation, NW Saudi Arabia
Geological Magazine (September 2008) 145 (5): 648-654
Index Terms/Descriptors
- Africa
- Anapsida
- anatomy
- Arabian Peninsula
- Archosauria
- Asia
- biogeography
- bones
- Campanian
- Chelonia
- Chordata
- Cretaceous
- Crocodilia
- Diapsida
- Dinoflagellata
- faunal studies
- habitat
- Lacertilia
- Lepidosauria
- Maestrichtian
- marine environment
- Mesozoic
- microfossils
- Middle East
- miospores
- Mosasauridae
- North Africa
- paleoenvironment
- paleogeography
- palynomorphs
- Pisces
- Plesiosauria
- pollen
- Reptilia
- Saudi Arabia
- Sauropterygia
- Senonian
- Squamata
- teeth
- Testudines
- Tethys
- Tetrapoda
- Upper Cretaceous
- Vertebrata
- Prognathodon
- Tayran Group
- Suqah Group
- Duba Saudi Arabia
- Adaffa Formation
- Wadi Azlam
- Aynunah Saudi Arabia
Latitude & Longitude
Abstract
Marine reptile remains occur in the Upper Cretaceous (lower Campanian to lower Maastrichtian) Adaffa Formation of NW Saudi Arabia. This is the first detailed report of late Mesozoic marine reptiles from the Arabian Peninsula. The fossils include bothremydid (cf. Taphrosphyini) turtles, dyrosaurid crocodyliforms, elasmosaurid plesiosaurs, mosasaurs (Prognathodon, plioplatecarpines) and an indeterminate small varanoid. The assemblage is compositionally similar to contemporary faunas from elsewhere in the Middle East/North Africa, and comprises taxa that are typical of the southern margin of the Mediterranean Tethys.
ISSN: 0016-7568
EISSN: 1469-5081
Coden: GEMGA4
Serial Title: Geological Magazine
Serial Volume: 145
Serial Issue: 5
Title: Late Cretaceous (Campanian-Maastrichtian) marine reptiles from the Adaffa Formation, NW Saudi Arabia
Affiliation: La Trobe University, Department of Genetics,
Melbourne, Victoria,
Australia
Pages: 648-654
Published: 200809
Text Language: English
Publisher: Cambridge University Press,
London,
United Kingdom
References: 39
Accession Number: 2008-114854
Categories: Vertebrate paleontology
Document Type: Serial
Bibliographic Level: Analytic
Illustration Description: illus. incl. sketch map
N27°30'00" - N28°15'00", E35°19'60" - E36°00'00"
Secondary Affiliation: South Australian Museum,
AUS,
AustraliaMuseum Victoria,
AUS,
AustraliaSaudi Geological Survey,
SAU,
Saudi Arabia
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Secondary Affiliation: GeoRef, Copyright 2017, American Geosciences Institute. Abstract, Copyright, Cambridge University Press. Reference includes data from GeoScienceWorld, Alexandria, VA, United States
Update Code: 200843
