On the fossil flora of Jebel Qatrani area, Fayum, Egypt

Document Type : Original Article

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Botany Department, Faculty of Science, Ain-Shams University, Cairo, Egypt

Abstract

Reference is made to about 200 species of fossil plants and plant
fragments previously reported from Upper Eocene to Pleistocene/
Holocene strata of Jebel Qatrani area in northern Fayum Depression. The
fossils belong to algae, pteridophytes and angiosperms. Comments are
made on the origin of the flora, palaeoenvironment and palaeoclimate.

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