Sabalites

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,^[1] North America, Europe, and Asia.^[2][3] The genus is characterized by its costapalmate leaves,^[4] which consist of a radial fan of leaves that have individual pronounced midribs (costa).

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Sabalites Temporal range: late Cretaceous to Miocene ~71–16 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Sabalites powelli palm frond and fossil fish in marlstone from the Eocene of Wyoming, US
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Arecales
Family:	Arecaceae
Subfamily:	Coryphoideae
Genus:	†Sabalites Saporta 1865

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The genus was erected by Gaston de Saporta, who rejected Oswald Heer's previous placement of the relevant fossil species in the genus Sabal.^[5]