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Sabal bigbendensis
Sabal bigbendensis Manchester, T.M. Lehman, E.A. Wheeler Int. J. Pl. Sci., 171(6): 680. Jul - Aug 2010
- Name
- Sabal bigbendensis
- Rank
- Species
- Original spelling
- bigbendense
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Sabal
- Authors (Pub.)
- Manchester S. R.
Lehman T. M.
Wheeler E. A.
- Publication
- Fossil palms (Arecaceae, Coryphoideae) associated with juvenile herbivorous dinosaurs in the Upper Cretaceous Aguja Formation, Big Bend National Park, Texas [2010/7-8]
- Journal
- International Journal of Plant Sciences
- Volume
- 171
- Issue
- 6
- Page number
- 680
- Year
- 2010
- Fossil Status
- seeds
- Stratigraphy
- Campanian
- Strat. comment
- Aguja Formation
- Location
- on the southern side of Rattlesnake Mountain, about 1 km apart and 2 km north of Maverick Road, near the western border of Big Bend National Park, Texas, USA
- Paleoregion
- America (North)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville, USA
- Repository Number
- UF403-53791
Data for Paratypus
- Repository
- Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville, USA
- Repository Number
- UF402-53789 (fig. 2A, 2B), UF403-53792 (fig. 2C, 2D), UF403-53793 (fig. 2H)
- Diagnosis
- Seeds subglobose-oblate, rounded dorsally; proximal surface with a broad circular depression that is domed in the center. Seeds 12.0–13.9 mm in diameter and 11.0–11.1 mm in height. Surface smooth to wrinkled. Germination operculum small (2.0 mm), circular, positioned equatorially
to supraequatorially.
