Auguste Courtiller (1795-1875) was a French paleontologist and viticulturist.

Muscat de Saumur Muscat d'Eisenstadt (also known as Muscat de Saumur and Muscat Précoce de Saumur) is a white variety (botany), variety of grape (wine), grape of France, French origin. It was first cultivated in 1842 by Auguste Courtiller (1795–1875), who crea ...

was first cultivated in 1842 by Auguste Courtiller, who created it by selecting seedlings from a Pinot Noir Précoce vine with open pollination. Courtiller worked in the Jardin des Plantes of the city of Saumur. As a paleontologist, he described the ammonites species ''Ammonites cephalotus'' (syn. of '' Neoptychites telinga'') in 1860 and '' Kamerunoceras salmuriensis'' in 1867. He also named the genus '' Cupulina'' in 1861.

Works

* Éponges fossiles des sables du terrain crétacé supérieur des environs de Saumur: étage senonien de d'Orbigny. A Courtiller - 1861 * Catalogue du musée de Saumur. A Courtiller, C Trouillard - 1868

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1795 births 1875 deaths French paleontologists French viticulturists {{paleontologist-stub