Hani Faig Kaddumi
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Hani Faig Kaddumi | |
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| Born | 1965 (age 58–59) |
| Years active | c. 2005–present |
| Known for | Discoveries in palaeontology in Jordan |
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| Institutions | Eternal River Museum of Natural History |
Hani Faig Kaddumi (born 1965) is a Jordanian paleontologist and geologist working at the Eternal River Museum of Natural History in Amman, Jordan.[1]
Career
[edit]He first described insect fossils from the amber deposits of Jordan in 2005,[1] and he has since studied the Muwaqqar Chalk-Marl Formation as early as 2006,[2] publishing a detailed description of the formation in 2009.[3] Also in 2009, he named and described several species from the Muwaqqar Chalk-Marl Formation including Harranasaurus khuludae,[4] Rarosaurus singularis,[5] and Postredectes harranaensis.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Kaddumi, H.F. (2005). The amber of Jordan. The oldest prehistoric insects in fossilized resin. Eternal River Museum of Natural History, Amman. 168 pp.
- ^ Kaddumi, H.F. (2006). "A new genus and species of gigantic marine turtles (Chelonioidea: Cheloniidae) from the Maastrichtian of the Harrana Fauna-Jordan" (PDF). PalArch's Journal of Vertebrate Palaeontology. 3 (1): 1–14.
- ^ Kaddumi, Hani Faig (2009). Fossils of the Harrana fauna : and the adjacent areas. Jordan: Eternal River Museum of Natural History. OCLC 709582892.
- ^ Kaddumi, Hani F. (2009). "A new species of Prognathodon (Squamata: Mosasauridae) from the Maastrichtian of Harrana". Fossils of the Harrana Fauna and the Adjacent Areas. Amman: Eternal River Museum of Natural History. pp. 65–73. OCLC 709582892.
- ^ Kaddumi, H.F. (2009). "On the remains of the first plesiosaur (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) from Harrana with a description of a new genus and species of Polycotylidae". Fossils of the Harrana Fauna and the Adjacent Areas. Eternal River Museum of Natural History. pp. 158–162.
- ^ Hani Faig Kaddumi (2009). "Ichthyodectids of the late Maastrichtian sediments of the Muwaqqar Chalk Marl Formation of Harrana". In Hani Faig Kaddumi (ed.). Fossils of the Harrana Fauna and the Adjacent Areas. pp. 232–239.