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Sauvagesia
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Bivalvia
Subclass:
Heterodonta
Order:
Hippuritoida (rudists and relatives)
Superfamily:
Hippuritacea (rudists)
Family:
Radiolitidae
Subfamily:
Sauvagesnnae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Sauvagesia CHOFFAT (ex BAYLE, MS), 1886, p. 31
Type Species:
Sphaerulites sharpei BAYLE, 1857, p. 638; SD DOUVILLE, 1903, p. 474
Images
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Fig. E238,4. *S. sharpE1 (BAYLE), Turon., Port.; AV, transv. sec., X0.6 (268). [Also Fig. E266,4.]
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Eu.-N.Afr.-N.Am.-Amilles
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Cret.(Alb.)
Beginning International Stage:
Albian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
113.2
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Cret.(Maastricht.)
Ending International Stage:
Maastrichtian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
66.04
Description
AV conical to cylindroconical, ornamented with longitudinal ribs; siphonal bands finely costulate folds, separated by interband that generally bears 2 costae. FV operculiform, with radial folds; ligamental ridge present, most marked in earlier forms. [The generic name Sauvagesia, attributed t o BAYLE, was also published in 1886 by DOUVILLE (Bull. Soc. GeoI. France, Sec. 3, v. 14, p. 393). who cited only one species,
Sphaerulites lusitonicus BAYLE, 1857, as an example. DOUVILLE was misled by a misidentified specimen, for, as pointed out by TOUCAS (919, p. 81), this species does not bdong to the group to which it was intended to apply the generic name. DOUVILLE himself (268, p. 669; also IbId, ser. 4, v. 2, p. 464) had previously admitted his mistake and the fact that CHOFFAT had interpreted Sauvagesia correctly. The best course seems to be to attribute the name to CHOFFAT and to apply for the suppression of its publication by DOUVILLE, should this prove to have priority.]
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Bivalvia
Subclass:
Heterodonta
Order:
Hippuritoida (rudists and relatives)
Superfamily:
Hippuritacea (rudists)
Family:
Radiolitidae
Subfamily:
Sauvagesnnae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Sauvagesia CHOFFAT (ex BAYLE, MS), 1886, p. 31
Type Species:
Sphaerulites sharpei BAYLE, 1857, p. 638; SD DOUVILLE, 1903, p. 474
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. E238,4. *S. sharpE1 (BAYLE), Turon., Port.; AV, transv. sec., X0.6 (268). [Also Fig. E266,4.]
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Eu.-N.Afr.-N.Am.-Amilles
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Cret.(Alb.)
Beginning International Stage:
Albian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
113.2
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Cret.(Maastricht.)
Ending International Stage:
Maastrichtian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
66.04
Description
AV conical to cylindroconical, ornamented with longitudinal ribs; siphonal bands finely costulate folds, separated by interband that generally bears 2 costae. FV operculiform, with radial folds; ligamental ridge present, most marked in earlier forms. [The generic name Sauvagesia, attributed t o BAYLE, was also published in 1886 by DOUVILLE (Bull. Soc. GeoI. France, Sec. 3, v. 14, p. 393). who cited only one species,
Sphaerulites lusitonicus BAYLE, 1857, as an example. DOUVILLE was misled by a misidentified specimen, for, as pointed out by TOUCAS (919, p. 81), this species does not bdong to the group to which it was intended to apply the generic name. DOUVILLE himself (268, p. 669; also IbId, ser. 4, v. 2, p. 464) had previously admitted his mistake and the fact that CHOFFAT had interpreted Sauvagesia correctly. The best course seems to be to attribute the name to CHOFFAT and to apply for the suppression of its publication by DOUVILLE, should this prove to have priority.]