美国康奈尔大学：辉煌的泥盆纪古植物学研究

Umbrella of American palaeobotany-4:

 Cornellian legend of Devonian palaeobotany

   美国康奈尔大学创建于1865年。1874年设立了农学院，其农业科学的教学与科研非常卓越。早期康奈尔大学的植物学教学主要服务于培养农业生物学人才之需要。

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornell_University#

    1910年，胡适（1891--1962）作为第二批“庚子赔款”（Boxer Rebellion Indemnity Scholarship）的中国留学生进入康奈尔大学“农科”学习。胡适在第2学期学习了植物学，成绩并不优秀。两年之后，胡适改学哲学和文学。在康奈尔学习期间，胡适认识了地质古生物教授Henry Shaler Williams (1847--1918)的儿女--Edith Clifford Williams (1885--1971)。1934年，胡适的好友--曹诚英（1902--1973）在康奈尔大学农学院学习。1937年曹诚英毕业于康奈尔，返回中国大陆工作，成为中国农学界第一位女教授。这些都是题外话。

   康奈尔大学的泥盆纪古植物学研究是一个传奇。130多年前（确切地说是1882年），有一个名叫(Charles) David White(1862--1935)的年轻人到康奈尔求学。康奈尔校园下伏泥盆纪地层，页岩里有泥盆纪植物化石。David White采集了植物化石并研究。1886年，他写了一篇关于泥盆纪植物化石—Ptilophyton的毕业研究论文。同年，地质古生物教授Henry Shaler Williams推荐David White到美国联邦地质调查局跟随著名地质学家和古植物学家Lester F. Ward(1841--1913)工作多年。David White是一位多产的杰出地质学家和古植物学家，1912年当选为美国科学院院士。

    康奈尔大学关于化石植物研究的快速崛起开始于其植物学教授Loren Clifford Petry（1887--1970）的兴趣。自20世纪20年代起，康奈尔大学逐步成为美国泥盆纪植物研究的中心，引领世界泥盆纪植物研究的发展长达半个多世纪，也造就了几位卓越的科学家。

    我们初步整理了康奈尔大学有关泥盆纪植物的学位论文之清单，以便进一步研究。

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White, (Charles) David (1862--1935), 1886. (Senior thesis) . On the nature andsystematic

classification of  Ptilophyton vanuxemi  Dawson. Cornell University.

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http://newcatalog.library.cornell.edu/catalog/2796618

The genus Callixylon from the upper Devonian of central and western New York

by Chester Arthur Arnold

Author/Creator:Arnold,Chester A. (Chester Arthur), 1901-1977

Format: Thesis/Book

Language:English

Published: 1929.

Subject: Paleobotany> Devonian/Paleobotany> New York(State)

Description: 50p., [19] p. of plates : ill., map ; 23 cm.

Notes: "Reprinted from Papers of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts and Letters, vol. XI,1929. Published 1930."
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Cornell University, September, 1928.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 48-50).

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The genus Callixylon from the upper Devonian of central and western New York

http://newcatalog.library.cornell.edu/catalog/701657

Author/Creator  Arnold,Chester A. (Chester Arthur), 1901-1977

Format: Thesis/Book

Language:English

Published: [Ithaca,N. Y.] 1929.

Subject: Paleobotany> Devonian
Paleobotany> New York(State)
Callixylon

Description: 89,[4] l. illus., maps. 28 cm.

Notes: Thesis(Ph. D.)--Cornell University, Feb. 1929.

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A new American species of Calamopitys from the Devonian

http://newcatalog.library.cornell.edu/catalog/684947

Author/Creator:Thomas, Dale Edmund, 1893-

Format: Thesis/Book

Language: English

Published: [Ithaca,N. Y.] 1932.

Subject: Paleobotany> Devonian
Calamopitys

Description: 43l. 11 plates. 27 cm.

Notes:Thesis(Ph. D.) - Cornell Univ., Sept. 1932.

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A new American species of Calamopitys from the Devonian

http://newcatalog.library.cornell.edu/catalog/3894976

Author/Creator:Thomas, DaleEdmund, 1893-

Format: Thesis/Microform/Book

Language: English

Published: [Ithaca,N. Y.] 1932.

Subject: Paleobotany> Devonian
Calamopitys

Description: 43l. 11 plates. 27 cm.

Series: New York andNortheast agriculture and natural history preservation project.

Notes: Title was chosen for the New York and Northeast agriculture and natural history preservation project, 1998-2001. The project was carried out by the Cornell University, A.R. Mann Library, New York State Library, and New York Public Library and funded in part by the New York State Dept. of Education.
Thesis (Ph. D.) - Cornell Univ., Sept. 1932.
Microfilm. Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University, A.R. Mann Library ; Ithaca, N.Y.: Challenge Industries, 2000. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. New York and Northeast agriculture and natural history preservation project.
Microfilm. Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University, A.R. Mann Library ; Ithaca, N.Y.: Challenge Industries, 2000. 1 microfilm reel : negative ; 35 mm. New York and Northeast agriculture and natural history preservation project.

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Devonian plants from southeastern New York

http://newcatalog.library.cornell.edu/catalog/3891948

Author/Creator:Banks, HarlanP. (Harlan Parker), 1913-

Format: Thesis/Microform/Book

Language: English

Published: [Ithaca,N. Y.] 1940.

Subject: Paleobotany> Devonian
Paleobotany> New York(State)

Description :176 l. illus., maps. 27 cm.

Series: New York andNortheast agriculture and natural history preservation project.

Notes: Title was chosen for the New York and Northeast agriculture and natural history preservation project, 1998-2001. The project was carried out by the Cornell University, A.R. Mann Library, New York State Library, and New York PublicLibrary and funded in part by the New York State Dept. of Education.
Thesis (Ph. D.) - Cornell Univ., Sept. 1940.
Microfilm. Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University, A.R. Mann Library ; Ithaca, N.Y.: Challenge Industries, 2000. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. New York and Northeast agriculture and natural history preservation project.
Microfilm. Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University, A.R. Mann Library ; Ithaca, N.Y.: Challenge Industries, 2000. 1 microfilm reel : negative ; 35 mm. New York and Northeast agriculture and natural history preservation project.

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Devonian plants from southeastern New York

http://newcatalog.library.cornell.edu/catalog/687552

Author/Creator:Banks, HarlanP. (Harlan Parker), 1913-

Format: Thesis/Book

Language: English

Published: [Ithaca,N. Y.] 1940.

Subject: Paleobotany> Devonian
Paleobotany> New York(State)

Description :176 l. illus., maps. 27 cm.

Notes: Thesis(Ph. D.) - Cornell Univ., Sept. 1940.

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Studies in the genus Callixylon

http://newcatalog.library.cornell.edu/catalog/692860

Author/Creator:Beck, Charles B.

Format: Thesis/Book

Language: English

Published: [Ithaca,N. Y.] 1952.

Subject: Callixylon

Description: 44l. illus. 27 cm.

Notes: Thesis(M. S.) -- Cornell Univ., Feb., 1952.

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The transfer technique in the study of Devonian plants

http://newcatalog.library.cornell.edu/catalog/696116

Author/Creator:Rosenberg,Marvin J , 1931-

Format: Thesis/Book

Language: English

Published: [Ithaca,N. Y.] 1954.

Subject: Paleobotany> Methodology

Description : iv, 48 p. illus. 28 cm.

Notes: Thesis(M. S.)--Cornell Univ., Sept. 1954.

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A new genus of pteridosperm precursors from the Devonian of New York

http://newcatalog.library.cornell.edu/catalog/696139

Author/Creator:Beck, Charles B.

Format: Thesis/Book

Language: English

Published: [Ithaca,N. Y.] 1955.

Subject: Tetraxylopteris
Paleobotany
Pteridospermae

Description :iv, 83 l. illus. 29 cm.

Notes:Thesis(Ph. D.)--Cornell Univ., Sept. 1955.

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Fossil flora of the Onteora "Red beds" (Upper Devonian) in New York State, a preliminary survey

http://newcatalog.library.cornell.edu/catalog/696195

Author/Creator:Hueber,Francis Maurice, 1929-

Format: Thesis/Book

Language: English

Published: [Ithaca,N. Y.] 1959.

Subject: Paleobotany> Devonian
Paleobotany> New York(State)

Description :iv, 51 l. illus. 9 plates. 29 cm.

Notes: Thesis(M. S.)--Cornell Univ., June 1959.

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Contributions to the fossil flora of the Onteora "red beds" (Upper Devonian) in New York State

http://newcatalog.library.cornell.edu/catalog/701240

Author/Creator:Hueber,Francis Maurice, 1929-

Format: Thesis/Book

Language:English

Published: [Ithaca,N. Y.] 1960.

Subject:Paleobotany> Devonian
Paleobotany> New York(State)

Description :iv, 212 l. illus. 29 cm.

Related Work: Fossil floraof the Onteora "red beds" (Upper Devonian) in New York State.

Notes: Thesis(Ph. D.)--Cornell Univ., Sept. 1960

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A new genus of Psilopsida from the lower devonian of the Gaspé peninsula

http://newcatalog.library.cornell.edu/catalog/696859

Author/Creator:  Davis,Michelle (Rostan) 1940-

Format: Thesis/Book

Language: English

Published:[Ithaca,N. Y.] 1964.

Subject: Paleobotany> Devonian

Description: vii,55 l. illus., plates, tables. (part fold.) 29 cm.

Notes: Thesis(M. S.)--Cornell Univ., June 1964.

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Contributions to the upper Devonian flora of New York

http://newcatalog.library.cornell.edu/catalog/696573

Author/Creator:Matten,Lawrence Charles, 1938-

Format: Thesis/Book

Language: English

Published: [Ithaca,N. Y., c1965]

Subject: Paleobotany> Devonian
Paleobotany> New York(State)

Description :viii, 141 l. illus., 14 plates, tables (part fold) 29 cm.

Notes: Thesis(Ph. D.)--Cornell University, June 1965.

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Calamophyton in the middle Devonian of New York State

http://newcatalog.library.cornell.edu/catalog/696882

Author/Creator:Bonamo,Patricia Marie, 1938-

Format: Thesis/Book

Language:English

Published: [Ithaca,N. Y.] 1965.

Subject: Paleobotany> Devonian
Paleobotany> New York(State)
Calamophyton

Description :  v, 77 l. illus., tables (part fold.) 29 cm.

Notes: Thesis(M. S.)--Cornell Univ., Sept. 1965.

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On Pinostrobus tatchuensis----a new fossil cone from the tertiary of British Columbia

http://newcatalog.library.cornell.edu/catalog/696903

Author/Creator:Bunting,Álida Antonia (Ortiz), 1942-

Format: Thesis/Book

Language: English

Published: [Ithaca,N. Y. ] 1965.

Subject: Paleobotany> BritishColumbia
Pinostrobustatchuensis
Paleobotany> Tertiary

Description: vii,36 l. illus., plates, 2 tables (1 fold.) 29 cm.

Notes: Thesis(M. S.)--Cornell University, June 1965.

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Tetraxylopteris schmidtii---the fertile branching system

http://newcatalog.library.cornell.edu/catalog/1291536

Author/Creator:Bonamo,Patricia Marie, 1938-

Format: Thesis/Book

Language: English

Published: [Ithaca,N. Y.] 1966.

Subject: Tetraxylopterisschmidtii
Paleobotany> Devonian
Paleobotany> New York(State)

Description :vi, 60 l. illus., plates. 29 cm.

Notes: Thesis (Ph.d.)--Cornell University, June 1966.

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Contributions to the morphology and anatomy ofthe Devonian progymnosperm Archaeopteris

http://newcatalog.library.cornell.edu/catalog/29461

Author/Creator:Carluccio,Leeds Mario, 1936-

Format: Thesis/Book

Language: English

Published: [Ithaca,N. Y.] 1966.

Subject: From 345 to405 million years ago
Archaeopteris
Paleobotany> Devonian

Description: viii,149 l. illus., plates, fold. table. 30 cm.

Notes:Thesis(Ph. D.) - Cornell University, Sept. 1966.

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An Upper Devonian flora from central New York State

Author/Creator:Wilcox,Margret Schnaitman, 1929-

Format: Thesis/Book

Language: English

Published: [Ithaca,N. Y.] 1967.

Subject: Paleobotany> Devonian
Paleobotany> New York(State)

Description :v, 78 l. illus., diagrs., tables. 29 cm.

Notes: Thesis(Ph. D.)--Cornell Univ., Sept. 1967.

http://newcatalog.library.cornell.edu/catalog/754009

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Pseudosporchnus in the middle devonian of New York State

http://newcatalog.library.cornell.edu/catalog/702068

Author/Creator:Schuchman,Penny G Axelrod, 1944-

Format: Thesis/Book

Language: English

Published: [Ithaca,N. Y.] 1969.

Subject:Paleobotany> Devonian
Paleobotany> New York(State)
Pseudosporochnus

Description:iv,70 l. incl. illus. 28 cm.

Notes: Thesis(M. S.)--Cornell Univ., June 1969.

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Evolutionary trends in primitive progymnosperms

Author/Creator:Scheckler,Stephen Edward, 1944-

Format: Thesis/Book

Language: English

Published: [Ithaca,N. Y.] 1970.

Subject: Paleobotany> Devonian
Paleobotany> New York(State)

Description :vii, 180 l. illus. 28 cm.

Notes: Thesis(M. S.)--Cornell Univ., Sept. 1970.

http://newcatalog.library.cornell.edu/catalog/701892

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The Chiasmoxylales - a new order of protoarticulates from the early Upper Devonian of New York

Author/Creator:Sebby, Wade Stanley, 1942-

Format: Thesis/Book

Language: English

Published: [Ithaca,N. Y.] 1972.

Subject: Paleobotany> Devonian
Paleobotany> New York(State)

Description: [2],vi, 110 l. illus. 28 cm.

Notes: Thesis(Ph. D.)--Cornell Univ., Aug. 1972.
Bibliography: leaves 69-75.

http://newcatalog.library.cornell.edu/catalog/703277

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Zygellipsiselegans gen. et sp. nov., a problematical fern-like plant from the Upper Devonian of New York State

http://newcatalog.library.cornell.edu/catalog/703229

Author/Creator:Stone, JerryLeonard, 1942-

Format: Thesis/Book

Language: English

Published: [Ithaca,N. Y.] 1972.

Subject: Paleobotany> Devonian
Zygellipsiselegans
Paleobotany> New York(State)

Description :vii, 87 l. illus. 28 cm.

Notes: Thesis(Ph. D.)--Cornell Univ., Jan. 1973.
Bibliography: leaves 59-65.

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Title: Anatomyand morphology of Ibyka amphikoma, a new plant from the Middle Devonian of New York State

Author: Skog,Judith Ellen, 1944-

Format: Thesis/book

Language: English

Published: [Ithaca,N. Y.] 1972.

Subject: Ibykaamphikoma;Paleobotany> Devonian

Description: 2,vii, 77 l. illus. 28 cm.

Notes: Bibliography:leaves 56-61.

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Drepanophycus spinaeformis--a long-ranging Devonian lycopod

by Sara Patricia Stubblefield

http://newcatalog.library.cornell.edu/catalog/510935

Author/Creator:Stubblefield, Sara Patricia, 1949-

Format: Thesis/Book

Language: English

Published: 1976.

Subject: Lycopodiales,Fossil
Paleobotany> Devonian
Club mosses
Drepanophycusspinaeformis

Description: v,89 leaves : ill., maps ; 28 cm.

Notes: Photocopyof typescript.
Thesis (M. S.)--Cornell University, Sept., 1976.
Bibliography: leaves 70-75.

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Morphology and anatomy of Aneurophyton, a progymnosperm from the Upper Devonian of New York

by Bruce Steven Serlin

http://newcatalog.library.cornell.edu/catalog/540087

Author/Creator:Serlin, Bruce Steven, 1952-

Format: Thesis/Book

Language: English

Published: 1977.

Subject: Paleobotany> Devonian
Aneurophytongermanicum
Paleobotany> New York(State)

Description: iv,67 leaves : ill. ; 28 cm.

Notes: Photocopyof typescript.
Thesis (M. S.)--Cornell University, May, 1977.
Bibliography: leaves 47-51.

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Structure and preservation of tracheid wallsin selected Paleozoic plant genera

by Christine M. Hartman

http://newcatalog.library.cornell.edu/catalog/701037

Author/Creator:Hartman,Christine Mary, 1953-

Format: Thesis/Book

Language:English

Published: 1979.

Subject:Trachearycells
Paleobotany> Paleozoic
Plant cellwalls

Description: v,149 leaves : ill. ; 29 cm.

Notes: Photocopyof typescript.
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Cornell University, May, 1979.
Bibliography: leaves 95-106.

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The fossil record of Iteaceae and Grossulariaceae in the Cretaceous and Tertiary of the United States and Canada

http://newcatalog.library.cornell.edu/catalog/8295739

Author/Creator:Hermsen,Elizabeth Jean.

Format: Thesis/Book

Language: English

Subject: Paleobotany
Biology,Botany
Paleontology

Summary: Circumscriptions and the perceived importance of the family Saxifragaceae (Order Saxifragales)in angiosperm evolution have historically been highly mutable. It is only recently, with the advent of phylogenetic techniques employing molecular sequence data, that the content and relationships of the family appear to have stabilized. Saxifragaceae is now thought to consist of ca. 30 genera of herbaceous plants and to form a monophyletic group with the small families Grossulariaceae (Ribes, the currants and gooseberries), Iteaceae (Chorstylis and Itea), and Pterostemonaceae (Pterostemon). The earliest known member ofthis saxifrage clade, Divisestylus, occurs in Turonian-age (ca. 90 Ma)sediments of New Jersey, USA, and appears---based on both comparative morphological analysis and cladistic analyses of Saxifragales with Divisestylus---to be most closely related to Iteaceae, being nearly identical in floral morphology but lacking the characteristic diporate, psilate pollen ofthe modern family. In contrast, the oldest potential member of Iteaceae proper,Iteaphyllum from the Eocene (ca. 49 Ma) Republic flora, Washington, USA,includes fossil leaves that co-occur with Itea sp. pollen in at least twolocalities. The worldwide fossil record of Iteaceae is extensive, and, while the modern family includes one eastern North American-eastern Asian disjuncttaxon (Itea) and one taxon endemic to eastern Africa (Choristylis), fossils suggest that in the Tertiary Iteaceae also occurred in western North Americafrom the Eocene to Miocene and Europe from the Eocene to Pliocene. In contrast,whereas Ribes is today distributed widely in the Northern Hemisphere and intothe Andes of South America, the fossil record of Grossulariaceae largely consists of leaf compressions restricted to western North America. Previously published papers suggest that Ribes appears in the Cretaceous and iswell-represented in Eocene to Pleistocene sediments. However, a reanalysis ofthe specimens on which this published record is based reveals that occurrences of Ribes leaf fossils are infrequent and restricted to the Eocene to Miocene in North America. Despite this, at least two subgeneric lineages within Ribes canbe recognized by the mid-Miocene, Symphocalyx and Cerophyllum/Caloboytra ,suggesting that they had diverged prior to that time. Saxifragaceae and Pterostemonaceae largely lack fossil records.

Description: 342 p.

ISBN: 9780542344596

Notes : Source:Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 66-09, Section: B, page: 4698.
Adviser: William L. Crepett.
Thesis (Ph.D.)--Cornell University, 2005.

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古植物学的故事233期[总第234期]

Story of Palaeobotany Series (No.233) [The 234^th issue in total]

Umbrella of American palaeobotany-4: Cornellianl egend of Devonian palaeobotany

美国康奈尔大学：辉煌的泥盆纪植物研究

http://blog.sciencenet.cn/blog-225931-841184.html

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