Sabalites

Sabalites
Temporal range: late Cretaceous to Miocene
~71–16 Ma
Sabalites powelli palm frond and fossil fish in marlstone from the Eocene of Wyoming, US
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Arecales
Family: Arecaceae
Genus: †Sabalites
Saporta 1865

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]

  1. ^ Berry, E. W. (1922). "The flora of the Concepcion-Arauco coal measures of Chile". The Johns Hopkins University Studies in Geology. 4: 73–143.
  2. ^ "Sabalites Saporta 1865 (palm)". Fossilworks. Macquarie University. 2007. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  3. ^ Andrews, H. N. (1970). "Index of Generic Names of Fossil Plants, 1820-1965". Geological Survey Bulletin. 1300. doi:10.3133/b1300.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "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 ...