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

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 129, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 199-211

  El Saadawi, Wagieh ^a   Youssef, Said G ^b   Kamal El Din, Marwah M ^a  

^a Ain Shams University   (Egypt)

^b BENHA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Egypt; Eocene; Miocene; Oligocene; Palmoxylon; petrified wood

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL; PALEOBOTANY; TERTIARY; WOOD;

AFRICA; EGYPT; NORTH AFRICA;

PALMOXYLON; PALMOXYLON COMPACTUM; PALMOXYLON GEOMETRICUM; PALMOXYLON INDICUM; PALMOXYLON PONDICHERRIENSE; PALMOXYLON PYRIFORME; PALMOXYLON REWAHENSE; PALMOXYLON WADIAI;

EID: 2442430365     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2004.02.001     Document Type: Article

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