Sabalites is an extinct genus of palm. Species belonging to the genus lived in the late Cretaceous to Miocene and have been found in South America,[1] North America, Europe, and Asia.[2][3] The genus is characterized by its costapalmate leaves,[4] which consist of a radial fan of leaves that have individual pronounced midribs (costa).
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| Sabalites powelli palm frond and fossil fish in marlstone from the Eocene of Wyoming, US | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Arecales |
| Family: | Arecaceae |
| Subfamily: | Coryphoideae |
| Genus: | †Sabalites Saporta 1865 |
The genus was erected by Gaston de Saporta, who rejected Oswald Heer's previous placement of the relevant fossil species in the genus Sabal.[5]
Species
editA number of species have been described in Sabalites.
References
edit- ^ Berry, E. W. (1922). "The flora of the Concepcion-Arauco coal measures of Chile". The Johns Hopkins University Studies in Geology. 4: 73–143.
- ^ a b "Sabalites Saporta 1865 (palm)". Fossilworks. Macquarie University. 2007. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ^ Andrews, H. N. (1970). "Index of Generic Names of Fossil Plants, 1820-1965". Geological Survey Bulletin. 1300. doi:10.3133/b1300.
- ^ Matsunaga, Kelly K.S.; Smith, Selena Y. (March 2021). "Fossil palm reading: using fruits to reveal the deep roots of palm diversity". American Journal of Botany. 108 (3): 472–494. doi:10.1002/ajb2.1616. PMC 8048450. PMID 33624301.
- ^ "Études sur la végétation du sud-est de la France à l'époque tertiaire - Deuxième partie". Annales des sciences naturelles. Botanique. 5. 3: 81. 1865.
Nous réunissons, sous ce nom moins affirmatif que celui de Sabal adopté par M. Heer ...
- ^ MacGinitie, H. D. (1941). "A Middle Eocene Flora from the Central Sierra Nevada". Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication. 534: 1–178.
- ^ a b Manchester, S. R. (2014). "Revisions to Roland Brown's North American Paleocene Flora". Acta Musei Nationalis Pragae. 70 (3–4): 153–210. doi:10.14446/AMNP.2014.153. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
- ^ Lozinsky, R.P. (1986). "Geologic and late Cenozoic history of the Elephant Butte area, Sierra County, New Mexico" (PDF). New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources Circular. 187. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
- ^ Fritel, P.-H. (1910). "Étude sur les végétaux fossiles de l'étage Sparnacien du Bassin de Paris". Mémoires de la Société Géologique de France, Paléontologie. 40: 1–37.
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