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If we then examine the Miocene formations of the same country, exotic forms become more abundant, especially the palms, whether they belong to the European or American fan-palms, Chamaerops and Sabal, or to the more tropical family of the date-palms or Phoenicites, which last are conspicuous in the Lower Miocene beds of Central Europe.
Among other genera of the same class is a Flabellaria occurring near Lausanne, and a magnificent Phoenicites allied to the date palm. When these plants flourished the climate must have been much hotter than now.
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