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- Title
On the Eocene mangroves of Wadi Al -Hitan World Heritage site, Fayum, Egypt.
- Authors
El-Saadawi, Wagieh; Osman, Rifaat; El-Faramawi, Marwa; Bkhat, Husein; El-Din, Marwah Kamal; Ziada, Nermeen
- Abstract
Wadi Al-Hi tan is the first si te in Egypt to be inscri bed by UNESCO on the “Natural World Heri tage List”. Wadi Al-Hi tan mangrove plant bed lies in late middle Eocene (Bartonian) at the top of Birket Qarun Formation, underlying Qasr El -Sagha Formation (Priabonian). Plant fossils include casts of roots and rhi zomes, an impression of a leaf and petrif ied drif t woods. Problematic fossils include directly–preserved hard parts of Echinodermata and casts of closely-spaced, mineral -filled siphons of bivalves. All fossils are described, illustrated and discussed in detail .
- Subjects
FAYYUM (Egypt); EOCENE paleobotany; MANGROVE plants; WORLD Heritage Sites; ECHINODERMATA
- Publication
Egyptian Journal of Experimental Biology (Botany), 2018, Vol 14, Issue 2, p197
- ISSN
1687-7497
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5455/egyjebb.20180515093213