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On the Eocene mangroves of Wadi Al-Hitan World Heritage site, Fayum, Egypt

Wagieh El-Saadawi, Rifaat Osman, Marwa El-Faramawi, Husein Bkhat, Marwah Kamal El-Din, Nermeen Ziada.

Abstract
Wadi Al-Hitan is the first site in Egypt to be inscribed by UNESCO on the “Natural World Heritage List”. Wadi 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 rhizomes, 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.

Key words: Egypt, Eocene, Fossil Plants, Mangroves, Wadi Hitan


 
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Wagieh El-Saadawi, Rifaat Osman, Marwa El-Faramawi, Husein Bkhat, Marwah Kamal El-Din, Nermeen Ziada. On the Eocene mangroves of Wadi Al-Hitan World Heritage site, Fayum, Egypt. Egypt. J. Exp. Biol. (Bot.). 2018; 14(2): 197-209. doi:10.5455/egyjebb.20180515093213


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Wagieh El-Saadawi, Rifaat Osman, Marwa El-Faramawi, Husein Bkhat, Marwah Kamal El-Din, Nermeen Ziada. On the Eocene mangroves of Wadi Al-Hitan World Heritage site, Fayum, Egypt. Egypt. J. Exp. Biol. (Bot.). 2018; 14(2): 197-209. doi:10.5455/egyjebb.20180515093213



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Wagieh El-Saadawi, Rifaat Osman, Marwa El-Faramawi, Husein Bkhat, Marwah Kamal El-Din, Nermeen Ziada. On the Eocene mangroves of Wadi Al-Hitan World Heritage site, Fayum, Egypt. Egypt. J. Exp. Biol. (Bot.). (2018), [cited December 05, 2023]; 14(2): 197-209. doi:10.5455/egyjebb.20180515093213



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Wagieh El-Saadawi, Rifaat Osman, Marwa El-Faramawi, Husein Bkhat, Marwah Kamal El-Din, Nermeen Ziada (2018) On the Eocene mangroves of Wadi Al-Hitan World Heritage site, Fayum, Egypt. Egypt. J. Exp. Biol. (Bot.), 14 (2), 197-209. doi:10.5455/egyjebb.20180515093213



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Wagieh El-Saadawi, Rifaat Osman, Marwa El-Faramawi, Husein Bkhat, Marwah Kamal El-Din, Nermeen Ziada. 2018. On the Eocene mangroves of Wadi Al-Hitan World Heritage site, Fayum, Egypt. THE EGYPTIAN JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY (Botany), 14 (2), 197-209. doi:10.5455/egyjebb.20180515093213



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Wagieh El-Saadawi, Rifaat Osman, Marwa El-Faramawi, Husein Bkhat, Marwah Kamal El-Din, Nermeen Ziada. "On the Eocene mangroves of Wadi Al-Hitan World Heritage site, Fayum, Egypt." THE EGYPTIAN JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY (Botany) 14 (2018), 197-209. doi:10.5455/egyjebb.20180515093213



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Wagieh El-Saadawi, Rifaat Osman, Marwa El-Faramawi, Husein Bkhat, Marwah Kamal El-Din, Nermeen Ziada. "On the Eocene mangroves of Wadi Al-Hitan World Heritage site, Fayum, Egypt." THE EGYPTIAN JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY (Botany) 14.2 (2018), 197-209. Print. doi:10.5455/egyjebb.20180515093213



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Wagieh El-Saadawi, Rifaat Osman, Marwa El-Faramawi, Husein Bkhat, Marwah Kamal El-Din, Nermeen Ziada (2018) On the Eocene mangroves of Wadi Al-Hitan World Heritage site, Fayum, Egypt. THE EGYPTIAN JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY (Botany), 14 (2), 197-209. doi:10.5455/egyjebb.20180515093213