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Here we present
a brief account of the results of our research carried out on the Miocene
rocks of Abu Dhabi's Western Region since 1979. It is mostly a non-scientific
account and is illustrated by numerous pictures of the areas we have visited
and some of the more spectacular fossils that we have discovered. Some
of the early collections made partly by German archaeologists in the early
1980's are now housed in the Al Ain Museum
but the main collection made by the NHM/Yale team of some 900 fossils
is now curated by the Abu Dhabi Islands
Archaeological Survey (ADIAS) for the Environment
and Wildlife Development Agency (ERWDA) in Abu Dhabi. A full scientific
account of the geology and palaeontology of the Miocene in the western
part of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi was been published by Yale University
Press in 1999 and titled Fossil
Vertebrates of Arabia, edited by Peter J Whybrow and Andrew Hill
(To read a review of this book click
here).
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