A fungal proliferation near the probable Oligocene/Miocene boundary, Nukhul Formation, Gulf of Suez, Egypt

El Atfy, Haytham; Brocke, Rainer; Uhl, Dieter

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A fungal proliferation near the probable Oligocene/Miocene boundary, Nukhul Formation, Gulf of Suez, Egypt

Haytham El Atfy, Rainer Brocke, and Dieter Uhl

Haytham El Atfy

Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum, 60325 Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Geology Department, Faculty of Science, Mansoura University, 35516 Mansoura, Egypt

Rainer Brocke

Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum, 60325 Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Dieter Uhl

Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum, 60325 Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Senckenberg Centre for Human Evolution and Palaeoenvironment, Tübingen University, 72076 Tübingen, Germany

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