Baynunah Formation

Baynunah Formation
Stratigraphic range: Late Miocene ~8.0–6.0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Type	Geological formation
Underlies	Shuwaihat Formation
Lithology
Primary	Sandstone, conglomerate
Location
Coordinates	Baynunah Formation (United Arab Emirates)

The Baynunah Formation is a palaeontological formation located in the western region of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates. It dates to the Upper Miocene epoch of the Neogene period^[1] in the Cenozoic Era.

Geology

Fossils of the hippopotamus genus Archaeopotamus have been found in the formation^[2]^[3]

Taxa	Species	Locality	Stratigraphic position	Material	Notes	Images
Paleotragus	P. aff. germaini
Samotherium	S. cf. sp.

Taxa	Species	Locality	Stratigraphic position	Material	Notes	Images
Archaeopotamus	A. lothagamensis
Archaeopotamus	A. qeshta

Taxa	Species	Locality	Stratigraphic position	Material	Notes	Images
Nyanzachoerus	N. syrticus
Propotamochoerus	P. hysudricus

Taxa	Species	Locality	Stratigraphic position	Material	Notes	Images
Plesiogulo	P. praecocidens

Taxa	Species	Locality	Stratigraphic position	Material	Notes	Images
Hipparion	H. abudhabiense

Taxa	Species	Locality	Stratigraphic position	Material	Notes	Images

Taxon	Notes	Image
Bagrus^[5]
Clarias^[5]	At least two species (possibly 3)
Labeobarbus^[5]	Cyprinid
?Capoeta^[5]	Probably Capoeta
African cichlid^[5]	At least one species
Percomorpha^[5]	Intermediate
Pristid sawfish^[5]
Daysatid stingray^[5]

Footprints attributed to Stegotetrabelodon have been found in the formation.^[6]

^ "Annual Report 2017" (pdf), Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi, vol. 1: Culture, pp. 28–29, 2017, retrieved 2019-03-09
^ Boisserie, Jean-Renaud; Schuster, Mathieu; Beech, Mark; Hill, Andrew; Bibi, Faysal. "A New Species of Hippopotamine (Cetartiodactyla, Hippopotamidae) from the Late Miocene Baynunah Formation, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates".
^ Bibi, F., Hill, A., Beech, M., & Yasin, W. (2013). Late Miocene Fossils from the Baynunah Formation, United Arab Emirates. Fossil Mammals of Asia, 583–594. https://doi.org/10.7312/COLUMBIA/9780231150125.003.0027
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Sanders, William J. (2022), Bibi, Faysal; Kraatz, Brian; Beech, Mark J.; Hill, Andrew (eds.), "Proboscidea from the Baynunah Formation", Sands of Time, Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology, Cham: Springer International Publishing, pp. 141–177, doi:10.1007/978-3-030-83883-6_10, ISBN 978-3-030-83882-9, retrieved 2024-01-03
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Otera, Olga. Home Sands of Time Chapter Fishes from the Baynunah Formation. Springer International Publishing. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-83883-6_7.
^ Bibi, Faysal; Kraatz, Brian; Beech, Mark; Hill, Andrew (2022). "Fossil Trackways of the Baynunah Formation". Sands of Time. Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology. pp. 283–298. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-83883-6_17. ISBN 978-3-030-83882-9.