Sabal miocenica Axelrod 1939 (palm)

Angiospermae - Mesangiosperms - Arecaceae

Full reference: D. I. Axelrod. 1939. A Miocene flora from the western border of the Mohave desert. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publications 516:1-129

Belongs to Sabal according to D. I. Axelrod 1939

Sister taxa: Sabal bigbendense, Sabal bracknellense, Sabal eocenica, Sabal goldiana, Sabal grandifolia, Sabal grandisperma, Sabal grayana, Sabal imperialis, Sabal leei, Sabal major, Sabal montana, Sabal palmetto, Sabal powellii, Sabal rigida, Sabal rugosa, Sabal ungeri

Type specimen: UCMP 1404, 1405, 1406 (slides a-e), 1407. Its type locality is Cache Peak (P-3643), which is in a Hemingfordian/Barstovian terrestrial horizon in the Bopesta Formation of California.

Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution:

• Miocene of United States (2: California collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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