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Sagaria

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Sagaria
Temporal range: Albian
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Sagaria

Bravi, Barone Lumaga & Mickle, 2010

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.

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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.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b 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" (PDF). Cretaceous Research. 31 (3): 285–290. Bibcode:2010CrRes..31..285B. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2009.12.001.
  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.