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RHOI-supported the Baynunah research project as a contextual project.

The following list is derived from Whybrow and Hill, eds. (1999).

Mollusca
   Gastropoda
      Buliminidae
         Sebzebrinus sp. or Pseudonapaeus sp.
   Bivalvia
      Mutelidae
         Mutela sp.
      Unionidae
         Leguminaia sp.

Crustacea

Ostracoda
   Cytherideidae
      Cyprideis sp.

Pisces
   Siluriformes
      Clariidae
      Clarias sp.
      Bagridae
         Bagrus shuwaiensis
   Cypriniformes
      Cyprinidae
         Barbus sp.

Reptilia
   Chelonia
      Trionychidae
         Trionyx s.l.
      Testudinidae
         cf. Mauremys sp.
         Geochelone sp.
   Crocodilia
      Gavialidae
         Ikanogavialis
            gen. et sp. indet.
      Crocodylidae
         Crocodylus cf. niloticus
         Crocodylus sp.
Aves
   Struthionidae
      Struthio sp.

Mammalia
   Rodentia
      Thryonomyidae
         gen. et sp. indet.
      Gerbillidae
         Gerbillinae
            Abudhabia baynunensis
         Myocricetodontinae
            Myocricetodon sp. nov.
      Muridae
         Murinae
            Parapelomys cf. charkhensis
         Dendromurinae
            Dendromus aff. melanotus
            Dendromus sp.
      Dipodidae
         Zapodinae
            gen. et sp. indet.
   Insectivora
      Soricidae
         gen. et sp. indet.
   Primates
      Ceropithecidae
         gen. et sp. indet.
   Carnivora
      Mustelidae
         Plesiogulo praecocidens
      Hyaenidae
         gen. et sp. indet. (very large)
         gen. et sp. indet. (medium size)
   Felidae
      Machairodus sp.
         gen. et sp. indet.
   Proboscidea
      Deinotheriidae
         gen. et sp. indet.
      Elephantidae
         Stegotetrabelodon syrticus
      Family indet.
         gen. et sp. indet (possibly "Mastodon" grandincisivus)
   Perissodactyla
      Equidae
         Hipparion abudhabiense
         Hipparion sp.
      Rhinocerotidae
         gen. et sp. indet.
   Artiodactyla
      Suidae
         Propotamochoerus hysudricus
         Nyanzochoerus syrticus
      Hippopotamidae
         Hexaprotodon aff. sahabiensis
      Giraffidae
         Palaeotragus sp.
         Bramatherium sp.
         gen. et sp. indet.
      Bovidae
         gen. et sp. indet.
         Boselaphini
            Tragoportax cyrenaicus
            Pachyportax latidens
         Antilopini
            Prostrepsiceros aff. libycus
            Prostrepsiceros aff. vinayaki
            Gazella aff. lydekkeri