Sabalites powellii Newberry

  • Palm Frond fossil
    Photographer: John Weinstein : Field Museum of Natural History - Photography Division
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History
    Description: 6 foot slab showing a fossil Palm Frond, fossil fish and Dr. Lance Grande (for scale). Fossil Lake, Wyoming. Fan palm frond and herring Sabalites powelli and eight Knightia eocaena Early Eocene (50 million years ago) Geology Specimen # PP53399
  • PP 53399 Palm Frond
    Photographer: John Weinstein : Field Museum of Natural History - Photography Division
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History
    Description: 6 foot slab showing a fossil Palm Frond, fossil fish. Evolving Planet web page caption: Palm frond and herrings Sabalites powelli and Knightia eocaena Eocene (54.8-33.7 million years ago) Fossil Lake, Wyoming
  • Sabalites powellii
    Photographer: John Weinstein : Field Museum of Natural History - Photography Division
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History
    Description: Sabalites powellii (Newberry, 1883), an extinct species of palm frond in the family Arcaceae. Specimen is Number FMNH PP53399 from the 18-inch layer of FBM Locality E. Frond measures 1930 millimeters (over six feet) in height
Catalog Number: PP 53399
Taxonomic Name: Sabalites powellii Newberry
FM Catalog: Paleobotany
Phylum: Magnoliophyta
Order: Arecales
Family: Arecaceae
Period: Paleogene
Earliest Epoch: Eocene
Earliest Age: Ypresian
Formation: Green River
Morphology: Palm frond with 8 fish
Member: Fossil Butte
Coordinates Available?: No
Region/Area: Fossil Lake
Country: United States of America
State/Province/Territory: Wyoming
County: Lincoln
Township: Kemmerer
Collector: C. J. Ulrich
EMu IRN: 2303339
Occurrence ID: 025ab302-6fab-4242-b98b-959d822bd954

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