Henri Émile Sauvage
Henri Émile Sauvage (22 September 1842 in Boulogne-sur-Mer – 3 January 1917 in Boulogne-sur-Mer) was a French paleontologist, ichthyologist, and herpetologist. He was a leading expert on Mesozoic fish and reptiles.
Henri Émile Sauvage | |
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| Born | 22 September 1842 Boulogne-sur-Mer, Pas-de-Calais, France |
| Died | 3 January 1917 (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. He made important contributions involving vertebrate palaeontology in Portugal, describing in 1897, Suchosaurus girardi from jaw fragments found in that country.
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. 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).
The plesiosaurid species Lusonectes sauvagei commemorates his name, as do the crustacean species Pseudanthessius sauvagei and the gecko species Bavayia sauvagii.