African Miocene dicot woods with two new records for this epoch from Egypt | ||||
| Taeckholmia | ||||
| Article 1, Volume 34, Issue 1, 2014, Page 1-24 PDF (687.69 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/taec.2014.12227 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
Wagieh El-Saadawi1; M. Kamal El-Din1; Mona Darwish  2; R. Osman3
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| 1Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, University of Ain Shams, Cairo, Egypt | ||||
| 2bDepartment of Botany, College of Women for Science, Arts and Education, University of Ain Shams | ||||
| 3Department of Geology, Faculty of Science, University of Benha, Benha, Egypt | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| A summary is given on the African Miocene dicot woods. Egypt is the second richest African country after Ethiopia in Miocene dicot woods. Fabaceae is the largest family regarding the number of wood species in Africa and Egypt. Miocene dicot woods from Wadi Natrun area in Egypt were examined and two new records: Dalbergioxylon dicorynioides-Fabaceae and Sapindoxylon stromeri- Sapindaceae are reported. Xylotomical features indicate that the former was a large tree while the latter was a shrub or small tree and that a nonseasonal tropical palaeoclimate is suggested for the Miocene of the growth area. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| African Miocene; Egypt; Fossil wood anatomy; Fabaceae; Sapindaceae; palaeoclimate | ||||
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