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A fossil flora recently discovered in the central part of Saudi Arabia is reported here. This represents the first assemblage of plants of Permo-Carboniferous age in the Arabian peninsula. The assemblage is of interest in showing affinity with contemporaneous northern Euramerian floras rather than those of Cathaysia or Gondwanaland to the east and south of Arabia.
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El-Khayal, A., Chaloner, W. & Hill, C. Palaeozoic plants from Saudi Arabia. Nature 285, 33–34 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1038/285033a0
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