El-Saadawi, W. (2005). A fossil rhizome at the mangrove site of Wadi Hitan, Egypt. test, 25(1), 129-136. doi: 10.21608/taec.2005.12312
Wagieh El-Saadawi. "A fossil rhizome at the mangrove site of Wadi Hitan, Egypt". test, 25, 1, 2005, 129-136. doi: 10.21608/taec.2005.12312
El-Saadawi, W. (2005). 'A fossil rhizome at the mangrove site of Wadi Hitan, Egypt', test, 25(1), pp. 129-136. doi: 10.21608/taec.2005.12312
El-Saadawi, W. A fossil rhizome at the mangrove site of Wadi Hitan, Egypt. test, 2005; 25(1): 129-136. doi: 10.21608/taec.2005.12312

A fossil rhizome at the mangrove site of Wadi Hitan, Egypt

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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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