First evidence of fossil Cryosophileae (Arecaceae) outside the Americas (early Oligocene and late Miocene of France): Anatomy, palaeobiogeography and evolutionary implications

► Fossil palm stems from the lower Oligocene/upper Miocene of South of France. ► Anatomical investigations with a referential on the living palm stems. ► First record of a Cryosophileae outside the Americas (a Caribbean palm tribe). ► Laurasian origin for the Coryphoideae palm subfamily. ► Palaeoclimatical perspectives: dry area to subtropical dry forest.