What is it about?
Wadi Al-Hitan is the first site in Egypt to be inscribed by UNESCO on the “Natural W orld Heritage List”. W adi Al-Hitan 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 petrified drift 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.
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Why is it important?
The furtherance of our knowledge about include fossil plants the fossil mangrove plants of W adi Hitan and some associated problematic fossils is the target of this publication.
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This page is a summary of: On the Eocene mangroves of Wadi Al-Hitan World Heritage site, Fayum, Egypt, THE EGYPTIAN JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY (Botany), January 2018, ScopeMed International Medical Journal Management and Indexing System,
DOI: 10.5455/egyjebb.20180515093213.
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