Extinct genus of palm
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).
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
A number of species have been described in Sabalites .
S. californicus [6]
S. grayana [7]
S. montana [8]
S. oxyrhachis [2]
S. powellii [7]
S. suessionensis [9]
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^ 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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