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Sabalites californicus

Angiospermae - Arecaceae

Taxonomy
Sabalites californicus was named by Lesquereux (1878). Its type specimen is U. C. Mus. Pal., Paleobot. Ser. no. 2147 and is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. changchangensis, S. chinensis, S. eocenica, S. longirhachis, S. major, S. montana, S. nipponica, S. ochseniusi, S. szei, S. taishuensis
Entered
by H. Sims on 2003-09-20; modified by J. Marcot on 2023-11-28

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1878Sabalites californicus Lesquereux p. 1 figs. Pl. 1, Fig. 1
1919Sabalites californicus Knowlton
1941Sabalites californicus MacGinitie p. 99

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
subkingdomViridiplantaeCavalier-Smith 1981
—Streptophyta(Jeffrey 1971)
superphylumEmbryophyta()
—Tracheophyta(Sinnott 1935)
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
RankNameAuthor
—Mesangiosperms
—Monocots
familyArecaceaevon Berchtold and Presl 1820
—CoryphoideaeBurnett
genusSabalitesSaporta 1865
speciescalifornicus

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Sabalites californicus Lesquereux 1878
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Diet: "photoautotroph"p
Created: 2011-07-22 00:04:15
Modified: 2011-07-21 09:04:15
Source: p = phylum
Reference: Kiessling 2009

Age range: Middle Eocene or 48.07000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71USA (California) Sabalites californicus (23997)