Fossil vertebrates of Arabia: with emphasis on the late Miocene faunas, geology, and palaeoenvironments of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Book Cover
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Book Back cover
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Abstract
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Emir picture
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Book title
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Publisher & copyrights
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Dedication
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Contents
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Foreword
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Preface
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Acknowledgements 
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Contributors
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Abbreviations
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PART I: Introduction, Summary, Overview and History of Palaeontological Research in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, UAE 
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1 - Introduction to fossil vertebrates of Arabia 
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2 - Summary and overview of the Baynunah fauna, Emirate of Abu Dhabi, and its context 
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3 - History of Palaeontological Research in the Western Region of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 
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PART II: Miocene Geology of the Western Region, Emirate of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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Introduction
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4 - Local Stratigraphy of the Neogene outcrops of the Coastal area: Western region, Emirate of Abu Dhabi, UAE
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5 -  Rivers of the Lower Baynunah Formation, Emirate of Abu Dhabi, UAE
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6 -  Aeolian and Sabkha Sediments in the Miocene Shuwaihat Formation, Emirate of Abu Dhabi, UAE
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7 - Diagenesis of the Baynunah, Shuwaihat, and Upper Dam Formation Sediments exposed in the Western Region, Emirate of Abu Dhabi, UAE
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8 - Palaeomagnetic correlation and Dating of the Baynunah and Shuwaihat Formation, Emirate of Abu Dhabi, UAE
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9 - Stable isotope Analyses and Dating of the Miocene of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, UAE
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Part III: Miocene Fossil Fauna from the Baynunah Formation, Emirate of Abu Dhabi, UAE
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Introduction
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10 - Late Miocene Swan Mussels from the Baynunah Formation, Emirate of Abu Dhabi, UAE
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11 - A Terrestrial Pulmonate Gastropod from the Late Miocene Baynunah Formation, Emirate of Abu Dhabi, UAE
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12 - Late Miocene Fishes of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, UAE
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13 - Chelonia from the Late Miocene Baynunah Formation, Emirate of Abu Dhabi, UAE: Palaeogeographic implication
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14 - Fossil crocodilians from the Late Miocene Baynunah Formation of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, UAE: Osteology and Palaeoecology
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15 - A Late Miocene Insectivore and Rodent Fauna from the Baynunah Formation, Emirate of Abu Dhabi, UAE
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16 - A monkey (Primates; Cercopithecidae) from the Late Miocene of Abu Dhabi, UAE
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17 - Late Miocene Carnivora from the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, UAE
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18 - Miocene Elephantids (Mammalia) from the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, UAE: Palaeobiogeographic Implications
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19 - Hipparions from the Late Miocene Baynunah Formation, Emirate of Abu Dhabi, UAE
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20 - Fossil Suidae from the Baynunah Formation, Emirate of Abu Dhabi, UAE
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21 - A fossil Hippopotamus from the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, UAE
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22 - Fossil Pecorans from the Baynunah Formation, Emirate of Abu Dhabi, UAE
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23 - Late Miocene Baynunah Formation, Emirate of Abu Dhabi, UAE: Fauna, Flora, and Localities
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Part IV: Proboscidean taphonomy, isotopes and Environments of the Baynunah Formation; artifacts from the Western Region, Emirate of Abu Dhabi; and arabian Palaeoenvironments
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Introduction
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24 - Taphonomy of the Shuwaihat Proboscidean, Late Miocene, Emirate of Abu Dhabi, UAE
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25 - Isotopes and Environments of the Baynunah Formation, Emirate of Abu Dhabi, UAE
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26 - Earliest Stone Tools from the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, UAE
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27 - Late Miocene Palaeoenvironments in Arabia: A Synthesis
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Part V: Regional faunas and floras from the Sultanate of Oman, the Republic of Yemen, Africa and Asia
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Introduction
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28 - Late Miocene Small-Mammal Faunal Dynamics: The Crossroads of the Arabian Peninsula
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29 - Late Miocene Sub-Saharan African Vertebrates, and their relation to the Baynunah Fauna, Emirate of Abu Dhabi, UAE
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30 - Oligocene and Miocene terrestrial vertebrates in the Southern Arabian Peninsula (Sultanate of Oman) and their Geodynamic and Palaeogeographic settings
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31 - Geology, Fruits, Seeds, and vertebrates (?Sirenia) from the Kaninah Formation (Middle Eocene), Republic of Yemen
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32 - A dinosaur from the Republic of Yemen
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33 - Arabian Tertiary Fauna, Flora and Localities
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Part VI: The Tethyan Arabian Gulf, the Mediterranean, and the World's Tertiary oceans
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Introduction
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34 - The Terminal Tethyan Event: A critical Review of the conflicting Age Determinations for the Disconnection of the Mediterranean from the Indian Ocean
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35 - Oligocene and Miocene Palaeogeography and Stratigraphy of the Circum-Mediterranean Region
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36 - Oligocene and Miocene Palaeoceanography - A Review
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Index
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Arabic Text
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