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Sabalites
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Plantae : Tracheophyta : Liliopsida : Arecales : Arecaceae : Sabalites | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Plantae : Angiospermae : Arecales : Palmae : Sabalites | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Sabalites G.Saporta, 1865 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 101 - 72 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | photoautotroph (based on Angiospermae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | H. D. MacGinitie. 1941. A Middle Eocene Flora from the Central Sierra Nevada. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 534:1-178 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Sabalites apalachicolensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Sabalites californicus species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 48.6 Ma Eocene | 48.6 Ma Eocene | |
| Sabalites carolinensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Sabalites fructifer species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Sabalites grayanus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Sabalites lignitorum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Sabalites powellii ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Sabalites rhapifolius species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Sabalites suessionensis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Sabalites vicksburgensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Obsolete Names
| Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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| Geonomites Lesquereux, 1878 | GBIF | genus | Plantae : Tracheophyta : Liliopsida : Arecales : Arecaceae : Geonomites |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1941 | Sabalites MacGinitie |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
