Peer-Reviewed Article December 30, 2016
On the Cretaceous mangroves of Bahariya Oasis, Egypt
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Published in: Taeckholmia
Publisher: Cairo University Herbarium (CAI) • Egypt • 1110-7413 • 2357-044X
Abstract
Petrified stems (rhizomes) of a fern are described from Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)beds in Bahariya Oasis. The discovered stems are related to Paradoxopteris stromeriHirmer (fern rachii) and to Weichselia reticulata Stokes & Webb. (fern pinnae); bothalready known from also Cenomanian beds of this Oasis. Haloed axes are describedfrom Late Cretaceous (Campanian) beds, i.e. younger than the beds containing thepetrified stems. Comments on the nature of these axes, the affinities of the stems andthe palaeoenvironments of the area in the two mentioned geologic ages (Cenomanian &Campanian) are given.