Editing Sabal (section)

===Prehistoric taxa===
Extinct species within this genus include:<ref name=XX/>
* †''[[Sabal bigbendense]]'' <small> Manchester et al. 2010</small>
* †''[[Sabal bracknellense]]'' <small>([[Marjorie E.J. Chandler|Chandler]]) [[Dieter H. Mai|Mai]]</small><ref name="Manchester">{{cite journal |first=Steven R. |last=Manchester |title=Fruits and seeds of the Middle Eocene Nut Beds Flora, Clarno Formation, Oregon |journal=Palaeontographica Americana |year=1994 |volume=58 |pages=1–205 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/270051359 }}</ref>
* †''[[Sabal grayana]]''  <small>Brown 1962</small>
* †''[[Sabal imperialis]]''  <small>Brown 1962</small>
* †''[[Sabal jenkinsii]]'' <small>([[Eleanor M. Reid|Reid]] & Chandler) [[Steven R. Manchester|Manchester]] 1994</small><ref name="Manchester"/>
* †''[[Sabal lamanonis]]''
* †''[[Sabal raphipholia]]''

Plants of the genus lived from the late [[Cretaceous]] to the [[Quaternary]] period (from 66 million to 12 thousand years ago). Fossils have been found in the United States, as well as in [[Europe]] ([[Italy]], [[Switzerland]], [[Germany]], [[Greece]], [[Slovakia]], the [[United Kingdom]], [[France]]) and [[Japan]].<ref name=XX>[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=338231 Paleobiology Database]</ref> Leaf fossils of ''Sabal lamanonis'' have been recovered from [[rhyodacite]] [[tuff]] of Lower [[Miocene]] age in southern Slovakia near the town of [[Lučenec]].<ref>{{cite journal | last=Vojtko | first=Rastislav | title=Miocénna flóra z lokalít Kalonda a Mučín | journal=Acta Geologica Slovaca | volume=1 | issue=1 | date=2016-10-21 | issn=1338-0044 | pages=65–70 | url=http://www.geopaleo.fns.uniba.sk/ageos/articles/abstract.php?path=kucerova&vol=1&iss=1 | language=sk | access-date=2019-07-08 | trans-title=Miocene flora from the localities Kalonda and Mučín | archive-date=17 October 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231017024431/http://www.geopaleo.fns.uniba.sk/ageos/articles/abstract.php?path=kucerova&vol=1&iss=1 | url-status=dead }}</ref> 27 million year old ''Sabal lamanonis'' and ''Sabal raphipholia'' leaf [[fossil]]s in volcanic rocks have been described from the [[Evros (regional unit)|Evros]] region in [[Western Thrace]], Greece.<ref>{{cite journal | url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.revpalbo.2014.02.006 | doi=10.1016/j.revpalbo.2014.02.006 | title=Review of the Cenozoic floras and vegetation of Greece | year=2014 | last1=Velitzelos | first1=Dimitrios | last2=Bouchal | first2=Johannes M. | last3=Denk | first3=Thomas | journal=Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology | volume=204 | pages=56–117 | bibcode=2014RPaPa.204...56V | url-access=subscription }}</ref>