Adaffa
Description
Source: Wikipédia
The Adaffa Formation is a geological formation in Saudi Arabia, and the lowermost unit of the Suqah Group. It dates back to the Campanian of the Late Cretaceous. The lithology consists of sandstone, siltstone and marl, with a basal granitic conglomerate with phosphatic nodules. Also present are ferricrete horizons. It was deposited in marginal marine conditions close to land. Fish, marine reptile and dinosaur remains have been recovered from the formation.
Découvertes
Source: The Paleobiology Database
Site(s) correspondant(s) à cette formation: 1
Aynunah - Wadi Azlam - Al Khuraybah : Tabuk - ? 37516 49609 Vicinities of Aynunah and Wadi Azlam, N of Duba on the Red Sea coast, NW Saudi Arabia, note that the paper indicates that the material comes from two nearby localities, but there is no detail as to which material comes from where, hence its grouping as one collection. Later paper on dinosaurs described sites as "Al Khuraybah" (11 km NE of Al Khuraybah), but map in first paper clearly indicates the same set of outcrops, all of which are closer to the latter than to Duba.
Publication(s)
La base comprend 2 publication(s).
Source: The Paleobiology Database
- ↑1 2 B. P. Kear, T. H. Rich, and M. A. Ali, Y. A. Al-Mufarrih, A. H. Matiri, A. M. Masary, Y. Attia. 2008. Late Cretaceous (Campanian–Maastrichtian) marine reptiles from the Adaffa Formation, NW Saudi Arabia. Geological Magazine 145(5):648-654 (https://doi.org/10.1017/S0016756808005062)
- ↑1 B. P. Kear, T. H. Rich, and P. Vickers-Rich, M. A. Ali, Y. A. Al-Mufarreh, A. H. Matari, A. M. Al-Massari, A. H. Nasser, Y. Attia, M. A. Halawani. 2013. First dinosaurs from Saudi Arabia. PLoS One 8(12):e84041:1-10 (https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0084041)
Galerie d'image
Pas d'image.