TY - BOOK AU - Bibi,Faysal AU - Hill,Andrew P. AU - Beech,Mark J. ED - Peabody Museum of Natural History, ED - Abu Dhabi Tourism & Culture Authority, TI - A thousand and one fossils: discoveries in the desert at Al Gharbia, United Arab Emirates = Alf aḥfūr wa-aḥfūr : iktishāfāt min al-zaman al-saḥīq fī Ṣaḥrāʼ al-Gharbīyah, Abū Ẓaby, al-Imārāt al-ʻArabīyah al-Muttaḥidah SN - 9781933789071 AV - QE 756. A73 B53 2016 PY - 2016///] CY - New Haven, Connecticut PB - Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University KW - Animals, Fossil KW - Arabian Peninsula KW - Vertebrates, Fossil KW - United Arab Emirates KW - Fossils KW - Paleontology KW - Miocene KW - fast KW - History KW - Baynunah Formation (United Arab Emirates) N1 - Issued in a case; "Published with support from the Abu Dhabi Tourism and Culture Authority, United Arab Emirates"--Title page verso; Includes bibliographical references (pages 98-102); Introduction -- Geological time -- What is a fossil? -- Paleoenvironments and the Baynunah River -- Arabian rivers -- Al Gharbia landscapes -- Elephants -- Carnivores -- Giraffes -- Antelopes -- Horses -- Hippopotamuses -- Pigs -- Monkeys -- Rodents -- Birds -- Reptiles -- Fish -- Snails and mussels -- Insects -- Plants -- Summary -- Acknowledgments -- A brief history of paleontological exploration in Abu Dhabi -- Further reading -- The authors -- Credits ER -