An Upper Cretaceous (Campanian-Maastrichtian) actinopterygian fish assemblage from the marginal marine Adaffa Formation of Saudi Arabia

Benjamin P. Kear; Thomas H. Rich; Mohammed A. Ali; Yahya Al-Mufarrih; Adel H. Matiri; Abdu M. Al-Masary; Yousry Attia

doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2009.05.002

An Upper Cretaceous (Campanian-Maastrichtian) actinopterygian fish assemblage from the marginal marine Adaffa Formation of Saudi Arabia

Benjamin P. Kear
, Thomas H. Rich
, Mohammed A. Ali
, Yahya Al-Mufarrih
, Adel H. Matiri
, Abdu M. Al-Masary
, Yousry Attia

School of Earth Atmosphere and Environment

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1164-1168
Number of pages	5
Journal	Cretaceous Research
Volume	30
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2009.05.002
Publication status	Published - 1 Oct 2009

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Keywords

Actinopterygian
Mediterranean Tethys
Midyan region
Palaeobiogeography
Saudi Arabia
Upper Cretaceous

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An Upper Cretaceous (Campanian-Maastrichtian) actinopterygian fish assemblage from the marginal marine Adaffa Formation of Saudi Arabia

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