A fossil rhizome at the mangrove site of Wadi Hitan, Egypt | ||||
Taeckholmia | ||||
Article 8, Volume 25, Issue 1, 2005, Page 129-136 PDF (277.4 K) | ||||
Document Type: Review Article | ||||
DOI: 10.21608/taec.2005.12312 | ||||
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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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