A fossil rhizome at the mangrove site of Wadi Hitan, Egypt | ||
| Taeckholmia | ||
| Article 8, Volume 25, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 129-136 PDF (277.4 K) | ||
| Document Type: Review Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/taec.2005.12312 | ||
| Author | ||
| Wagieh El-Saadawi* | ||
| Botany Department, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| A dichotomized rhizome fragment comparable to that of Nypa fruticans Wurmb, but much smaller in size, is reported from the Late Middle Eocene Camp White Layer which represents a prominent mangrove root horizon at the top of Gehannam Formation in Wadi Hitan, west of the Fayum Depression. Botanical and palaeobotanical illustrations and comments are given and suggestions made. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Egypt; Eocene; Fayum; Gehannam Formation; Mangrove; Nypa; rhizome; Wadi Hitan | ||
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