Henri Émile Sauvage
French paleontologist, ichthyologist, and herpetologist / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Henri Émile Sauvage (22 September 1842 in Boulogne-sur-Mer – 3 January 1917 in Boulogne-sur-Mer) was a French paleontologist, ichthyologist, and herpetologist.[1] He was a leading expert on Mesozoic fish and reptiles.[2]
Henri Émile Sauvage | |
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Born | (1842-09-22)22 September 1842 Boulogne-sur-Mer, Pas-de-Calais, France |
Died | 3 January 1917(1917-01-03) (aged 74) Boulogne-sur-Mer, Pas-de-Calais, France |
Known for | Discovery of Mesozoic fish and reptiles |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Paleontology, ichthyology, herpetology |
Institutions | Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle in Boulogne-sur-Mer |
He worked as a curator at the Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle in Boulogne-sur-Mer, and published extensively on Late Jurassic dinosaurs and other vertebrates from the Boulonnais region of northern France.[3] He made important contributions involving vertebrate palaeontology in Portugal, describing in 1897, Suchosaurus girardi from jaw fragments found in that country.[2]
From 1883 to 1896, he served as director of the station aquicole in Boulogne-sur-Mer. He was a member of the Société géologique de France.[4] In 1893 Philippe Thomas published the palaeontological results of the Tunisian Scientific Exploration Mission (1885–1886) in six installments plus an atlas, including the work of Victor-Auguste Gauthier (sea urchins), Arnould Locard (Mollusca), Auguste Péron (Brachiopods, Bryozoa and Pentacrinitess) and Henri Émile Sauvage (fish).[5]
The plesiosaurid species Lusonectes sauvagei commemorates his name,[6] as do the crustacean species Pseudanthessius sauvagei [7] and the gecko species Bavayia sauvagii.[8]