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![Chelonian and crocodyliform remains from the Adaffa Formation of Saudi Arabia. (a) Bothremydid plastron fragment with highlighted inter-plate suture (SGS 004-10) in ventral view. Bothremydid right femur (SGS 006-84): (b) ventral; (c) lateral; (d) dorsal views. Crocodyliform cranial fragment (SGS 004-32): (e) dorsal; (f) ventral views. Dyrosaurid cervical centrum (SGS 006-204): (g) lateral; (h) anterior views. Dyrosaurid dorsal centrum (SGS 006-16): (i) lateral; (j) anterior views. Scale bar represents 30 mm in (a–d) and 20 mm in (e–j).]()
![Plesiosaur remains from the Adaffa Formation of Saudi Arabia. Elasmosaurid skull rostrum and mandibular symphysis (SGS 006-20): (a) dorsal; (b) ventral; (c) right lateral views. Abbreviations: adt – anterior dentary teeth; apts – anterior premaxillary tooth sockets; asm – approximate snout midline; def – dentary fang; den – dentary; enr – external naris region; ino? – possible internal narial opening; max – maxilla; msm – median symphysis midline; mxf – maxillary fang; orb – orbit; pmx – premaxilla; rp-ms – reconstructed premaxillary-maxillary suture; vom – vomer. Scale bars represent 50 mm.]()
![Aquatic squamate remains from the Adaffa Formation of Saudi Arabia. (a) Prognathodon teeth (SGS 006-217) in labial and apical (bottom right) views. Mosasaurid pygal vertebra (SGS 006-542): (b) anterior; (c) posterior views. Indeterminate small varanoid dorsal vertebra (SGS 004-70): (d) dorsal; (e) anterior; (f) left lateral; (g) posterior views. Plioplatecarpine mosasaurid dorsal vertebra (SGS 006-340): (h) anterior; (i) lateral; (j) posterior views. Scale bar represents 30 mm in (a, h–j), 50 mm in (b, c) and 10 mm in (d–g).]()
![Sandstones and shales of the Upper Cretaceous Adaffa Formation (Suqah Group); Aynunah Graben, Midyan Basin (28°05′45″N, 35°16′3.4″E). See Figure 1a for location.]()
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![Iron-stained, cross-bedded sandstones of the Adaffa Formation (Suqah Group); Midyan Basin (28°05′48.5″N, 35°16′02.6″E). These sediments contain petrified wood, phosphatic nodules and fossilized dinosaur bones.]()
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Late Cretaceous (Campanian–Maastrichtian) marine reptiles from the Adaffa Formation, NW Saudi Arabia Available to Purchase
Journal: Geological Magazine
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 11 June 2008
Geological Magazine (2008) 145 (5): 648–654.
...B. P. KEAR; T. H. RICH; M. A. ALI; Y. A. AL-MUFARRIH; A. H. MATIRI; A. M. MASARY; Y. ATTIA 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...
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Chelonian and crocodyliform remains from the Adaffa Formation of Saudi Arab... Available to Purchase
in Late Cretaceous (Campanian–Maastrichtian) marine reptiles from the Adaffa Formation, NW Saudi Arabia
> Geological Magazine
Published: 11 June 2008
Figure 2. Chelonian and crocodyliform remains from the Adaffa Formation of Saudi Arabia. (a) Bothremydid plastron fragment with highlighted inter-plate suture (SGS 004-10) in ventral view. Bothremydid right femur (SGS 006-84): (b) ventral; (c) lateral; (d) dorsal views. Crocodyliform cranial
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Plesiosaur remains from the Adaffa Formation of Saudi Arabia. Elasmosaurid ... Available to Purchase
in Late Cretaceous (Campanian–Maastrichtian) marine reptiles from the Adaffa Formation, NW Saudi Arabia
> Geological Magazine
Published: 11 June 2008
Figure 3. Plesiosaur remains from the Adaffa Formation of Saudi Arabia. Elasmosaurid skull rostrum and mandibular symphysis (SGS 006-20): (a) dorsal; (b) ventral; (c) right lateral views. Abbreviations: adt – anterior dentary teeth; apts – anterior premaxillary tooth sockets; asm – approximate
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Aquatic squamate remains from the Adaffa Formation of Saudi Arabia. (a) Pr... Available to Purchase
in Late Cretaceous (Campanian–Maastrichtian) marine reptiles from the Adaffa Formation, NW Saudi Arabia
> Geological Magazine
Published: 11 June 2008
Figure 4. Aquatic squamate remains from the Adaffa Formation of Saudi Arabia. (a) Prognathodon teeth (SGS 006-217) in labial and apical (bottom right) views. Mosasaurid pygal vertebra (SGS 006-542): (b) anterior; (c) posterior views. Indeterminate small varanoid dorsal vertebra (SGS 004-70
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Sandstones and shales of the Upper Cretaceous Adaffa Formation (Suqah Group... Open Access
Published: 01 July 2005
Figure 6: Sandstones and shales of the Upper Cretaceous Adaffa Formation (Suqah Group); Aynunah Graben, Midyan Basin (28°05′45″N, 35°16′3.4″E). See Figure 1a for location.
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Conglomerates and sandstones of the Adaffa Formation note iron staining (ar... Open Access
Published: 01 July 2005
Figure 7: Conglomerates and sandstones of the Adaffa Formation note iron staining (arrow). Located at 28°05′48.5″N, 35°16′02.6″E; view looking north. Width of photo about 12 m.
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Iron-stained, cross-bedded sandstones of the Adaffa Formation (Suqah Group)... Open Access
Published: 01 July 2005
Figure 8: Iron-stained, cross-bedded sandstones of the Adaffa Formation (Suqah Group); Midyan Basin (28°05′48.5″N, 35°16′02.6″E). These sediments contain petrified wood, phosphatic nodules and fossilized dinosaur bones.
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Variegated shales in the Adaffa Formation (Suqah Group), Midyan Basin, loca... Open Access
Published: 01 July 2005
Figure 9: Variegated shales in the Adaffa Formation (Suqah Group), Midyan Basin, located at 28°05′53.6″N, 35°16′16.7″E.
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Sands from weathered Adaffa Formation (Suqah Group) outcrops forming low hi... Open Access
Published: 01 July 2005
Figure 12: Sands from weathered Adaffa Formation (Suqah Group) outcrops forming low hills within the southern part of the Midyan Basin; exposed in the Aynunah Graben, 11 km north of Al Khuraybah (28°05′46.5″N, 35°16′07.4″E).
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Sandstones and shales of the Upper Cretaceous Adaffa formation as exposed i... Open Access
in Lithostratigraphy and Depositional History of Part of the Midyan Region, Northwestern Saudi Arabia
> GeoArabia
Published: 01 October 1999
Figure 8: Sandstones and shales of the Upper Cretaceous Adaffa formation as exposed in the Aynunah graben (28°05'45"N; 35°16'3.4"E).
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Lithostratigraphy of the Red Sea Region Open Access
Journal: GeoArabia
Publisher: Gulf Petrolink
Published: 01 July 2005
GeoArabia (2005) 10 (3): 49–126.
...Figure 6: Sandstones and shales of the Upper Cretaceous Adaffa Formation (Suqah Group); Aynunah Graben, Midyan Basin (28°05′45″N, 35°16′3.4″E). See Figure 1a for location. ...
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Lithostratigraphy and Depositional History of Part of the Midyan Region, Northwestern Saudi Arabia Open Access
Journal: GeoArabia
Publisher: Gulf Petrolink
Published: 01 October 1999
GeoArabia (1999) 4 (4): 503–542.
...Figure 8: Sandstones and shales of the Upper Cretaceous Adaffa formation as exposed in the Aynunah graben (28°05'45"N; 35°16'3.4"E). ...
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Cobbles and pebbles of chert and phosphatic nodules within the Adaffa Forma... Open Access
Published: 01 July 2005
Figure 10: Cobbles and pebbles of chert and phosphatic nodules within the Adaffa Formation (Suqah Group), Midyan Basin (28°05′48.5″N, 35°16′02.6″E).
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Bone fragments (upper two specimens) and freshwater turtle carapace found w... Open Access
Published: 01 July 2005
Figure 11: Bone fragments (upper two specimens) and freshwater turtle carapace found within the Adaffa Formation (Suqah Group), south Midyan Basin. Identified as from a sauropod dinosaur, possibly a titanosaurid (written communication from Dr. P. Whybrow, Natural History Museum, London; June 9
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FIRST TRIASSIC LUNGFISH FROM THE ARABIAN PENINSULA Available to Purchase
Journal: Journal of Paleontology
Publisher: Paleontological Society
Published: 01 January 2010
Journal of Paleontology (2010) 84 (1): 137–140.
...) : Journal of Paleontology , 42 , 1 . 96 – 99 . Kear , B. P. , Rich , T. H. , Ali , M. A. , Al-Mufarrih , Y. A. , Matiri , A. H. , Masary , A. M. , and Yousry , A. , 2008 , Late Cretaceous (Campanian-Maastrichtian) marine reptiles from the Adaffa Formation, NW Saudi...
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Palaeogeographic distribution of Enchodus occurrences in the Late Cretace... Available to Purchase
in Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) ray-finned fishes from the island of Gavdos, southern Greece, with comments on the evolutionary history of the aulopiform teleost Enchodus
> Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France
Published: 01 December 2012
” northern France [ Leriche, 1929 ], Early Turonian Goulmima [ Cavin, 1999 ], terminal Campanian-Early Maastrichtian of the El Molino Formation, Bolivia [ Gayet, 1991 ], Campanian-Maastrichtian of the Adaffa Formation, Saudi Arabia [ Kear et al. , 2009 ], Maastrichtian of Laño, Spain [ Poyato-Ariza et al
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Statistical Analysis of Different Chemical Elements in Groundwater of Northwestern Saudi Arabia Available to Purchase
Publisher: Geological Society of India
Published: 01 April 2016
Jour. Geol. Soc. India (2016) 87 (4): 469–475.
... et al. (1999) observations the plain of Wadi Ifal occupies most parts of the Midyan basin ( Fig. 1 ). The oldest sedimentary rock unit in the basin is the late Cretaceous Adaffa Formation from Suqah Group (fluviatile in origin), which unconformably overlie the Proterozoic basement rocks. The Suqah...
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Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) ray-finned fishes from the island of Gavdos, southern Greece, with comments on the evolutionary history of the aulopiform teleost Enchodus Available to Purchase
Publisher: Société Géologique de France
Published: 01 December 2012
Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France (2012) 183 (6): 561–572.
...” northern France [ Leriche, 1929 ], Early Turonian Goulmima [ Cavin, 1999 ], terminal Campanian-Early Maastrichtian of the El Molino Formation, Bolivia [ Gayet, 1991 ], Campanian-Maastrichtian of the Adaffa Formation, Saudi Arabia [ Kear et al. , 2009 ], Maastrichtian of Laño, Spain [ Poyato-Ariza et al...
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Maastrichtian marine reptiles of the Mediterranean Tethys: a palaeobiogeographical approach Available to Purchase
Publisher: Société Géologique de France
Published: 01 December 2012
Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France (2012) 183 (6): 573–596.
.... The Maastrichtian deposits here consist of marls, limestones with flints, and thin sandy phosphatic levels rich in fish and reptile teeth as well as chelonian shell remains [ Arambourg et al. , 1959 ]. The Late Cretaceous Adaffa Formation (Lower Campanian-Lower Maastrichtian) is composed mainly of sandstone...
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A dyrosaurid from the Paleocene of Senegal Available to Purchase
Journal: Journal of Paleontology
Publisher: Paleontological Society
Published: 01 March 2019
Journal of Paleontology (2019) 93 (2): 343–358.
.... 51 , p. 281 – 294 . Kear , B.P. , Rich , T.H. , Ali , M.A. , Al-Mufarrih , Y.A. , Matiri , A.H. , Masary , A.M. , and Attia , Y. , 2008 , Late Cretaceous (Campanian–Maastrichtian) marine reptiles from the Adaffa Formation, NW Saudi Arabia : Geological Magazine...
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