If we then examine the Miocene formations of the same country, exotic forms become more abundant, especially the palms, whether they belong to the European or American fan-palms, Chamaerops and sabal, or to the more tropical family of the date-palms or Phoenicites, which last are conspicuous in the Lower Miocene beds of Central Europe.
"The Student's Elements of Geology"
Sir Charles Lyell
sabal major, Lower Miocene.
"The Student's Elements of Geology"
Sir Charles Lyell