Fossil Coryphoid Palms from the Eocene of Vancouver, British Columbia

Premise of research. Fossil fan palm fronds are well known from Eocene sites in the United States; however, although they are also known from the Paleogene Huntingdon Formation of British Columbia for over 100 years, these are poorly studied. There are early anecdotal reports of Eocene “Sabal” or Sabalites leaves from the Vancouver area, pollen from Vancouver and the interior of British Columbia, and a single megafossil palm described from the...