Carnivora from the Baynunah Formation

Camille Grohé (1, 2)

1 AMNH - American Museum of Natural History [New York, USA] = Musée américain d'histoire naturelle [New York, USA]
2 Palevoprim [Poitiers] - Laboratoire de paléontologie, évolution, paléoécosystèmes, paléoprimatologie [UMR 7262]

I describe new specimens of carnivoran mammals from the continental late Miocene Baynunah Formation, exposed in the western coastal region of Abu Dhabi Emirate. New material collected between 2002 and 2014 includes dental specimens of the mustelid Plesiogulo sp. and a large-sized hyaenid, postcranial remains and an upper canine of a large- sized machairodontine felid, postcrania and a tooth of a medium-sized felid, and postcrania of a medium-sized mustelid. The latter two are new taxonomic records for the Baynunah Formation. With a minimum of six species, the carnivoran assemblage from the Baynunah Formation is the richest known from the Miocene of the Arabian Peninsula.

Mots clés: Carnivora; Abu Dhabi; Miocene

Domaines: Paléontologie

Camille Grohé. Carnivora from the Baynunah Formation. 2021. ⟨hal-03508974⟩