Sands of Time: Ancient Life in the Late Miocene of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Sands of Time: Ancient Life in the Late Miocene of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
ISBN-10
3030838838
ISBN-13
9783030838836
Series
Sands of Time
Category
Social Science
Pages
359
Language
English
Published
2022-06-07
Publisher
Springer Nature
Authors
Andrew Hill, Faysal Bibi, Brian Kraatz

Description

This monograph presents the results of over 10 years of paleontological and geological survey in the Baynunah Formation of the United Arab Emirates. Exposed widely in western Abu Dhabi Emirate, the Baynunah Formation and its fossils provide the only record of terrestrial environments and evolution in the Arabian Peninsula during the late Miocene epoch (12-5 Ma). This volume describes new fossils collected since 2002, presented systematically by taxon, and including mammals, reptiles, and invertebrates, as well as fossil trackways. The discoveries are framed within the results of new geological, geochemical, and geochrononological analyses, providing an updated and synthetic view of the age, environments, and biogeographic relationships of this important fossil assemblage.

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