Sabalites Explained

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

S. montana^[7]

S. oxyrhachis^[2]

S. powellii^[8]

S. suessionensis^[9]

Notes and References

1. E. W. . Berry . 1922 . The flora of the Concepcion-Arauco coal measures of Chile . The Johns Hopkins University Studies in Geology . 4 . 73–143.
2. Web site: Sabalites Saporta 1865 (palm) . Fossilworks . 17 December 2021 . Macquarie University . 2007 .
3. H. N. . Andrews . 1970 . Index of Generic Names of Fossil Plants, 1820-1965 . Geological Survey Bulletin . 1300 . 10.3133/b1300 . free .
4. Matsunaga . Kelly K.S. . Smith . Selena Y. . Fossil palm reading: using fruits to reveal the deep roots of palm diversity . American Journal of Botany . March 2021 . 108 . 3 . 472–494 . 10.1002/ajb2.1616. 33624301 . 8048450 .
5. Annales des sciences naturelles. Botanique. 5. 3. Études sur la végétation du sud-est de la France à l'époque tertiaire - Deuxième partie. 1865. 81. Nous réunissons, sous ce nom moins affirmatif que celui de Sabal adopté par M. Heer ... .
6. H. D. . MacGinitie . 1941 . A Middle Eocene Flora from the Central Sierra Nevada . Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication . 534 . 1–178.
7. Lozinsky . R.P. . 1986 . Geologic and late Cenozoic history of the Elephant Butte area, Sierra County, New Mexico . New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources Circular . 187 . 15 September 2020.
8. S. R. . Manchester . 2014 . Revisions to Roland Brown's North American Paleocene Flora . Acta Musei Nationalis Pragae . 70 . 3–4 . 153–210 . 10.14446/AMNP.2014.153 . 23 September 2021. free .
9. P.-H. . Fritel . 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.