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Adaffa, Tabuk Region, Saudi Arabia

FormationAdaffa
Age:72.1 - 66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
IntervalEarly Campanian - Early Maastrichtian
Lithologysandstone, sandstone/conglomerate
Number of Collections2
Number of Occurrences10

Recorded Sample Locations

LocationRegionStratigraphic Name
Aynunah and Wadi AzlamTabuk Region, Saudi ArabiaAdaffa
Al KhuraybahTabuk Region, Saudi ArabiaAdaffa

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Crocodyliformes
suborder
4.3Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Eosuchia : Lisboasaurus : Crocodyliformes83.5 - 66 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Dyrosauridae
family
5Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Crocodylia : Dyrosauridae83.5 - 66 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Elasmosauridae
family
5Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Sauropterygia : Brimosaurus : Elasmosauridae83.5 - 66 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Varanoidea
superfamily
4.7Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Varanoidea83.5 - 66 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Plioplatecarpinae
subfamily
5.3Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Mosasauridae : Plioplatecarpinae83.5 - 66 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Prognathodon sp.
genus
6Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Mosasauridae : Prognathodon83.5 - 66 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Bothremydidae
family
5Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Bothremydidae83.5 - 66 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Abelisauridae
family
5Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Dryptosauroides : Abelisauridae72.1 - 66 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Titanosauria
unranked clade
99Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Titanosauria72.1 - 66 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

References

Kear B. P., Rich T. H., et al (2008) Late Cretaceous (Campanian–Maastrichtian) marine reptiles from the Adaffa Formation, NW Saudi Arabia, Geological Magazine 145 5, 648-654 doi:10.1017/S0016756808005062
Kear B. P., Rich T. H., et al (2013) First dinosaurs from Saudi Arabia, PLoS One 8 12, e84041
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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