On the Fossil Wood Flora of Wadi Ankebieh, Egypt, with Two New Records

Document Type : Regular issue (Original Article)

Abstract

TWO FOSSIL dicot wood species (Dichrostachyoxylon royaderum-Fabaceae and Ficoxylon cretaceum-Moraceae) are reported and described for the first time from the Oligocene of Wadi Ankebieh in Egypt. Comments are made on the distribution of the fossil wood flora of Wadi Ankebieh in Egypt, other African countries, the world and on the palaeoclimate under which the trees had lived.

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