''Sabaudiella'' is a genus of

ammonite Ammonoids are a group of extinct marine mollusc animals in the subclass Ammonoidea of the class Cephalopoda. These molluscs, commonly referred to as ammonites, are more closely related to living coleoids (i.e., octopuses, squid and cuttle ...

s. It was described by Vasicek and Hoedemaeker in 2003, and the

type species In zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the species that contains the biological type specimen( ...

is ''S. sabaudianus'', which was originally assigned to the genus ''

Ancyloceras ''Ancyloceras'' is an extinct genus of heteromorph ammonites found throughout the world during the Lower Cretaceous, from the Lower Barremian epoch until the genus extinction during the Lower Aptian.Sepkoski, JacSepkoski's Online Genus Database � ...

'' by Pictet and de Loriol in 1858. A new species, ''S. riverorum'', which existed during the early

Barremian The Barremian is an age in the geologic timescale (or a chronostratigraphic stage) between 129.4 ± 1.5 Ma ( million years ago) and 121.4 ± 1.0 Ma). It is a subdivision of the Early Cretaceous Epoch (or Lower Cretaceous Series). It is pre ...

of what is now

Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, t ...

, was described by Beatriz Aguirre-Urreta and Peter F. Rawson in 2012. ''Sabaudiella'' is also a genus of plants in family

convolvulaceae Convolvulaceae (), commonly called the bindweeds or morning glories, is a family of about 60 genera and more than 1,650 species. These species are primarily herbaceous vines, but also include trees, shrubs and herbs. The tubers of several spec ...

Species

* '' Sabaudiella sabaudianus'' (Pictet & de Loriol, 1858) * '' Sabaudiella riverorum'' Aguirre-Urreta & Rawson, 2012

References

External links

''Sabaudiella''
at the

Paleobiology Database The Paleobiology Database is an online resource for information on the distribution and classification of fossil animals, plants, and microorganisms. History The Paleobiology Database (PBDB) originated in the NCEAS-funded Phanerozoic Marine Paleo ...

{{Taxonbar, from=Q23837652 Ammonite genera Fossil taxa described in 2003 Cretaceous Argentina