Sagaria Explained

Sagaria is an extinct genus of flowering plant in the Ranunculaceae (the buttercup family) which existed in southern Italy during the Albian age.[1] The type species is Sagaria cilentana.

Taxonomy

The genus was erected based on a single specimen (part and counterpart) retrieved from an exposure in the Alburni mountains near Petina, in the Campania region. The locality was already known for both crustacean and plant fossils.[2] The name is dedicated to the collector of the specimen, Giovanni Sagaria.

Notes and References

  1. Sergio Bravi, Maria Rosaria Barone Lumaga & James E. Mickle . 2010 . Sagaria cilentana gen. et sp. nov. - a new angiosperm fructification from the Middle Albian of Southern Italy . . 31 . 3 . 285–290 . 10.1016/j.cretres.2009.12.001 . 2010CrRes..31..285B .
  2. Bravi. Sergio. Garassino. Alessandro. 1988. "Plattenkalk" of the Lower Cretaceous (Albian) of Petina, in the Alburni Mounts (Campania, S Italy), and its decapod crustacean assemblage. Atti Società italiana Scienze naturali Museo civico Storia naturale Milano. 138. 89–118.

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