The fossil history of palms (Arecaceae) in Africa and new records from the Late Oligocene (28–27 Mya) of north-western Ethiopia

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• Publication year

  2006

• Venue

  Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

• Publication date

  2006-05-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1111/J.1095-8339.2006.00523.X
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