Biography
Mario Ildefonso Sanchez Roig, Cuban zoologist and paleontologist (La Habana 23 January 1890 – La Habana 13 June 1962)
DESCRIBED NEW TAXA
Echinodermata
Genera
Aguayoaster 1952
Cubanaster 1952
Fernandezaster 1952
Gonzalezaster 1952
Hernandezaster 1949
Herrerasia 1951
Herreraster 1951
Lajanaster 1924 with Lambert
Lambertona 1953
Megapatagus 1953
Moronaster 1952
Neopatagus 1953
Palmeraster 1949
Pseudoasterostoma 1952
Pseudorthopsis 1949
Rojasaster 1952
Rojasia 1951
Sandiegoaster 1952
Zanolettia 1951
Zanolettiaster 1953
Species
About 280
Mollusca
Genus (Fossil)
Cubaochetoceras 1951
Species
Cerion acuticostatum 1948
Cerion chaparra 1953 with Aguayo
Cerion columbinus 1951
Cerion coutini 1951
Cerion feltoni 1951
Cerion grilloensis 1951
Cerion miramarae 1951
Cerion palmeri 1948
Cerion pastelliloens 1951
Cerion prestoni 1951
Cerion pretiosus 1951
Cerion pseudocyclostomum 1953 with Aguayo
Cerion saetiae 1948
Cerion sainthilarius 1951
Cerion tanamensis 1951
Chondrothyrella paredonis 1951
Chondrothyrium mortiarum 1951
Chondrothyrium tejedori 1951
Macroceramus giganteus
Macroceramus jaumei
Macroceramus yateresense
Opisthocoelium dubium 1949
Opisthosiphon conicus 1949 with Aguayo
Opisthosiphon sabinalense 1949
Wrightudora laevistria 1949 with Aguayo
Subspecies
At least 11
HONORS (Fossil)
Sanchezella Durham 1954 (Echinodermata)
Subgenus Roigites Wierzbowski 1976 (Ammonites)