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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-20-1145-2023
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-20-1145-2023
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27 Mar 2023
Research article |  | 27 Mar 2023

The emergence of the tropical rainforest biome in the Cretaceous

Clément Coiffard, Haytham El Atfy, Johan Renaudie, Robert Bussert, and Dieter Uhl

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Eighty-million-year-old fossil leaf assemblages suggest a widespread distribution of tropical rainforest in northeastern Africa.
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