Sur la Presence D'une Euphorbiaceae Fossile Dans le Senonien Superieur Du Sud Tunisien: Euphor. Bioxylon Bussonii n. sp.

J.C. Koeniguer

doi:10.54991/jop.1967.517

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J.C. Koeniguer Laboratoire de Paleobotanique de la Faculte des Sciences de I'Universite de Paris

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https://doi.org/10.54991/jop.1967.517

Abstract

In this paper is described a fossil wood from the Upper Cretaceous of the Tunisian Sahara. It belongs to the family Euphorbiaceae. This confirms the presence of the Euphorbiaceae in Africa as early as the Upper Cretaceous.

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