Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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4747584 | Cretaceous Research | 2009 | 5 Pages |
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.
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Authors
Benjamin P. Kear, Thomas H. Rich, Mohammed A. Ali, Yahya A. Al-Mufarrih, Adel H. Matiri, Abdu M. Al-Masary, Yousry Attia,