An Upper Cretaceous (Campanian-Maastrichtian) actinopterygian fish assemblage from the marginal marine Adaffa Formation of Saudi Arabia |
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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 |
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| Institution: | 1. School of Molecular Sciences, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria 3086, Australia;2. Palaeontology Department, Museum Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria 3000, Australia;3. Saudi Geological Survey, Jiddah, 21514, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia |
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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. |
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