Sabalites

Sabalites
Temporal range: late Cretaceous to Miocene
~71–16 Ma
Sabalites powelli fossil palm frond & fossil fish (Green River Formation, Lower Eocene; Fossil Lake Basin, southwestern Wyoming, USA) 2 (15528731092).jpg
Sabalites powelli palm frond and fossil fish in marlstone from the Eocene of Wyoming, US
Scientific 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, North America, Europe, and Asia. The genus is characterized by its costapalmate leaves, 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.

Species

A number of species have been described in Sabalites.

S. californicus
S. grayana
S. montana
S. oxyrhachis
S. powellii
S. suessionensis



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