Sabalites

{{Short description|Extinct genus of palm}} {{Automatic taxobox | fossil_range = late Cretaceous to Miocene<br/>~{{fossil range|71|16}} | image = Sabalites_powelli_fossil_palm_frond_&_fossil_fish_(Green_River_Formation,_Lower_Eocene;_Fossil_Lake_Basin,_southwestern_Wyoming,_USA)_2_(15528731092).jpg | image_caption = ''Sabalites powelli'' palm frond and fossil fish in marlstone from the Eocene of Wyoming, US | taxon = Sabalites | authority = Saporta 1865 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision_ref = | subdivision = | synonyms = }}

'''''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,<ref>{{cite journal|first1=E. W. |last1=Berry |year=1922 |title=The flora of the Concepcion-Arauco coal measures of Chile |journal=The Johns Hopkins University Studies in Geology |volume=4 |pages=73–143}}</ref> North America, Europe, and Asia.<ref name="fossilworks">{{cite web | url = https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=54574 | website = Fossilworks | access-date = 17 December 2021 | title = Sabalites Saporta 1865 (palm) |publisher=Macquarie University | year = 2007 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |first1=H. N. |last1=Andrews |year=1970 |title=Index of Generic Names of Fossil Plants, 1820-1965 |journal=Geological Survey Bulletin |volume=1300 |doi=10.3133/b1300 |url=https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1114957/ |doi-access=free }}</ref> The genus is characterized by its costapalmate leaves,<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Matsunaga |first1=Kelly K.S. |last2=Smith |first2=Selena Y. |title=Fossil palm reading: using fruits to reveal the deep roots of palm diversity |journal=American Journal of Botany |date=March 2021 |volume=108 |issue=3 |pages=472–494 |doi=10.1002/ajb2.1616|pmid=33624301 |pmc=8048450 }}</ref> 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''.<ref>{{cite journal|journal=Annales des sciences naturelles. Botanique|series=5|volume=3|title=Études sur la végétation du sud-est de la France à l'époque tertiaire - Deuxième partie|date=1865|pages=81|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/129998#page/85/mode/1up|quote=Nous réunissons, sous ce nom moins affirmatif que celui de Sabal adopté par M. Heer ... }}</ref>

==Species== A number of species have been described in ''Sabalites''. :''S. californicus''<ref>{{cite journal|first1=H. D. |last1=MacGinitie |year=1941 |title=A Middle Eocene Flora from the Central Sierra Nevada |journal=Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication |volume=534 |pages=1–178}}</ref> :''S. grayana''<ref name=Manchester2014/> :''S. montana''<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Lozinsky |first1=R.P. |year=1986 |title=Geologic and late Cenozoic history of the Elephant Butte area, Sierra County, New Mexico |journal=New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources Circular |volume=187 |url=https://geoinfo.nmt.edu/publications/monographs/circulars/downloads/187/Circular-187.pdf |accessdate=15 September 2020}}</ref> :''S. oxyrhachis''<ref name="fossilworks"/> :''S. powellii''<ref name=Manchester2014>{{cite journal|first1=S. R. |last1=Manchester |year=2014 |title=Revisions to Roland Brown's North American Paleocene Flora |journal=Acta Musei Nationalis Pragae |volume=70 |number=3–4 |pages=153–210 |doi=10.14446/AMNP.2014.153 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/269995186 |access-date=23 September 2021|doi-access=free }}</ref> :''S. siwalicus'' :''S. longirhachis'' :''S. suessionensis''<ref>{{cite journal |first1=P.-H. |last1=Fritel |year=1910 |title=Étude sur les végétaux fossiles de l'étage Sparnacien du Bassin de Paris |journal=Mémoires de la Société Géologique de France, Paléontologie |volume=40 |pages=1–37}}</ref> :thumbthumb|These ripple-marks are ''Sabalites californicus''.thumb

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Category:Cenozoic plants Category:Mesozoic plants Category:Arecaceae Category:Arecaceae genera Category:Prehistoric angiosperm genera