An Upper Cretaceous (Campanian-Maastrichtian) actinopterygian fish assemblage from the marginal marine Adaffa Formation of Saudi Arabia

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1164-1168

  Kear, Benjamin P ^a   Rich, Thomas H ^b   Ali, Mohammed A ^c   Al Mufarrih, Yahya A ^c   Matiri, Adel H ^c   Al Masary, Abdu M ^c   Attia, Yousry ^c  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MUSEUM VICTORIA   (Australia)

^c SAUDI GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Actinopterygian; Mediterranean Tethys; Midyan region; Palaeobiogeography; Saudi Arabia; Upper Cretaceous

Indexed keywords

CAMPANIAN; FAUNA; FISH; FOSSIL; MAASTRICHTIAN; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; TELEOST; TETHYS;

ASIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; SAUDI ARABIA;

ENCHODONTIDAE; ENCHODUS; LEPISOSTEIDAE; PYCNODONTIFORMES; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 70249095530     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: 1095998X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2009.05.002     Document Type: Article

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