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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	338231	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=338231

Rank

genus (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Sabal

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
genus	Sabal	Adanson 1763

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

1 (17%)

First Recorded Appearance

101 - 66 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Primary Reference (PBDB)

S. R. Manchester. 2014. Revisions to Roland Brown's North American Paleocene Flora. Acta Musei Nationalis Pragae 70(3-4):153-210

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Sabal bigbendense ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Sabal bracknellense ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	1	48.6 Ma Eocene	48.6 Ma Eocene
Sabal grayana ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	15	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Sabal imperialis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	5	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Sabal miocenica ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	2	20.4 Ma Miocene	13.8 Ma Miocene

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1763	Sabal Adanson p. 495
1961	Sabal Chandler p. 123
1962	Sabal Chandler p. 56
1963	Sabal Chandler p. 71
1978	Sabal Chandler p. 42

References

Manchester S. R. (2014) Revisions to Roland Brown's North American Paleocene Flora, Acta Musei Nationalis Pragae 70 3-4, 153-210

Chandler M. E. J. (1961) , The Lower Tertiary Floras of Southern England. I. Palaeocene Floras. London Clay Flora (Supplement). British Museum (Natural History) London. 1-354 + 34 Plates

Chandler M. E. J. (1962) The Lower Tertiary Floras of Southern England. II. Flora of the Pipe-Clay Series of Dorset (Lower Bagshot), British Museum (Natural History) London, 1-176

Chandler M. E. J. (1963) , The Lower Tertiary Floras of Southern England. III. Flora of the Bournemouth Beds, The Boscombe, and the Highcliff Sands, 1-169

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!

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