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agricultural and biological sciences

Fossil palm woods of Egypt: II. Seven Tertiary Palmoxylon species new to the country

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, Volume 129, No. 4, Year 2004

Descriptions, comparisons and affinities are given for the following Late Eocene-Early Miocene new, to Egypt, records: Palmoxylon compactum Sahni, Palmoxylon geometricum Sahni, Palmoxylon indicum Sahni, Palmoxylon pondicherriense Sahni, Palmoxylon pyriforme Sahni, Palmoxylon rewahense Sahni and Palmoxylon wadiai Sahni. Comments on the geologic ages of the compared Palmoxylon species, Indian Plate migration, palaeogeography and palaeoclimates are given. © 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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Egypt