Rhynie XII

PALAEOBOTANICAL RESEARCH GROUP

UNIVERSITY MÜNSTER

THE RHYNIE CHERT AND ITS FLORA

XII. RHYNIE CHERT BIBLIOGRAPHY

This page presents a bibliography of the Rhynie Chert biota. Only primary sources are included. Although it has been tried to be as complete as possible, it is well imaginable that some papers have been overlooked. Suggestions for further improvement are most welcome.

Anderson, L.I. Crighton, W.R.B. & Hass, H. 2004. A new crustacean with cladoceran affinities from the Early Devonian Rhyni cherts, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. - Trans. R. Soc. Edinburgh, Earth Sci., 94: 355-369.
Anderson, L. I. & Trewin, N. H., 2003. An Early Devonian arthropod fauna from the Windyfield chert, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. - Palaeontology, 46, 467-510.
Barghoorn, E.S. & Darrah, W.C., 1938. Horneophyton a necessary change of name for Hornea. - Harvard Bot. Mus. Leafl., 6: 142-144.
Bhutta, A.A., 1972. Observations on the sporangia of Horneophyton lignieri (Kidston and Lang) Barghoorn and Darrah 1938. - Pak. J. Bot., 4: 27-34.
Bhutta, A.A., 1973. On the spores (including germinating spores) of Horneophyton (Hornea) lignieri (Kidston & Lang) Barghoorn & Darrah (1938). - Pak. J. Bot., 5: 45-55.
Bhutta, A.A., 1973. On the spores (including germinating spores) of Rhynia major Kidston & Lang. - Biologia, 19: 47-55.
Bhutta, A.A., 1987. Mitotic cell division in the underground portions of Rhynia gwynne-vaughani Kidston and Lang. - Bull. Palaeobot. Palynol. Club Pakistan, 1: 45-48.
Bhutta, A.A., 1987. Observations on Rhynia gwynne-vaughani Kidston and Lang. - Bull. Palaeobot. Palynol. Club Pakistan, 1: 1-16.
Boullard, B. & Lemoigne, Y., 1971. Les champignons endophytes du "Rhynia gwynne-vaughanii" K. et L. Étude morphologique et déductions sur leur biologie. - Botaniste, 54: 49-89.
Boyce, C.K., Cody, G.D., Fogel, L., Hazen, R.M., D'Alexander, C.M. & Knoll, A.H.,. 2003. Chemical evidence for cell wall lignification and the evolution of tracheids in Early Devonian plants. Int. J. Plant Sci., 164: 691-702.
Boyce, C.K., Cody, G.D., Feser, M. Jacobsen, C., Knoll, A.H. & Wirick, S., 2002. Preservation of cell wall chemistry and microstructure in plant fossils as old as 400 million years: detection by carbon X-ray absorption spectromicroscopy. Geology 30: 1039-1042.
Boyce, C.K., Knoll, A.H. & Hazen, R,M.,. 2001. Nondestructive, in situ, cellular-scale mapping of elemental abundances including organic carbon in permineralized fossils. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 98: 5970-5974.
Cadogan, P.H., 1977. Palaeoatmospheric argon in Rhynie Chert. - Nature, 268: 38-41.
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Croft, W.N. & George, E.A., 1959. Blue-green algae from the Middle Devonian of Rhynie, Aberdeenshire. - Bull. Br. Mus. (Nat. Hist.), Geol., 3(10): 341-353.
Crowson, R.A., 1985. Comments on insecta of the Rhynie Chert. - Entomol. Gener., 11: 97-98.
Daviero-Gomez, V., Kerp, H. & Hass, H., 2004. Nothia aphylla : les clones étaient parmis les premières plantens terrestres ! - Ann. Paléont., 90: 137-146.
Daviero-Gomez, V., Kerp, H. & Hass, H., 2005. Nothia aphylla: The issue of clonal development in early land plants. - Int. J. Plant Sci., 166: 319-326.
Dubinin, V.B., 1962. Class Acaromorpha:mites or gnathosomic chelicerate arthropods. - in: Rodendorf, B,B. (ed.), Fundamentals of Palaeontology. Acad. Sci USSR, Moscow, pp. 447-473.
Dotzler, N. Krings, M., Taylor, T.N., Agerer, R., 2006. Germination shields in Scutellospora (Glomeromycota : Diversisporales, Gigasporaceae) from the 400 million-year-old Rhynie chert. Mycological Progress, 5: 178-184.
Dunlop, J.A., 1994. Filtration mechanism in the mouthparts of tetrapullmonate archinids (Trigonotarbida, Araneae, Ampblypygi, Uropygi, Schizomida). - Bull. Br. Arachnol. Soc., 9: 267-273.
Dunlop, J. A., Anderson, L. I., Kerp, H. & Hass, H. 2003. Preserved organs of Devonian harvestmen. - Nature, 425: 916.
Dunlop, J.A., Anderson, L.I., Kerp, H. & Hass, H. 2004. A harvestman (Arachnida: Opiliones) from the Early Devonian Rhynie cherts, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. - Trans. R. Soc. Edinburgh, Earth Sci., 94: 341-354.
Dunlop, J.A., Fayers, S.R., Hass, H. & Kerp, H.,2006. A new arthropod from the Early Devonian Rhynie chert, Aberdeenshire (Scotland), with a remarkable filtering device in the mouthparts. - Paläont. Z., 80: 296-306.
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Edwards, D., 2003. Xylem in early tracheophytes. Plant Cell and Environment, 26: 57-72.
Edwards, D., 2004. Embryophytic sporophytes in the Rhynie and Windyfield cherts. Trans. R. Soc. Edinburgh, Earth Sci., 94: 395-408.
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Edwards, D., Kerp, H. & Hass, H., 1998. Stomata in early land plants: an anatomical and ecophysiological approach. - J. Exp. Bot., 49: 255-278.
Edwards, D.S., 1980. Evidence for the sporophytic status of the Lower Devonian plant Rhynia gwynne- vaughanii Kidston and Lang. - Rev. Palaeobot. Palynol., 29: 177-188.
Edwards, D.S. & Lyon, A.G., 1983. Algae from the Rhynie Chert. - Bot. J. Linn. Soc., 86: 37-55.
Edwards, D.S., 1986. Aglaophyton major, a non-vascular land-plant from the Devonian Rhynie Chert. - Bot. J. Linn. Soc., 93: 173-204.
Eggert, D.A., 1974. The sporangium of Horneophyton lignieri (Rhyniophytina). - Amer. J. Bot., 61: 405-413.
El-Saadawy, W., & Lacey, W.S., 1979. The sporangia of Horneophyton lignieri (Kidston and Lang) Barghoorn and Darrah. - Rev. Palaeobot. Palynol., 28: 137-144.
El-Saadawy, W. & Lacey, W.S., 1979. Observations on Nothia aphylla Lyon ex Høeg. - Rev. Palaeobot. Palynol., 27: 119-147.
Engel, M.S. & Grimaldi, D.A., 2003. New light shed on the oldest insect. - Nature, 427: 627 - 630.
Fayers, S. R. & Trewin, N. H., 2004. A new crustacean from the Early Devonian Rhynie chert, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. - Trans. R. Soc. Edinburgh, Earth Sciences, 93: 355-382.
Fayers, S.R. & Trewin, N.H., 2004. A review of the palaeoenvironment and biota of the Windyfield chert. - Trans. R. Soc. Edinburgh, Earth Sci., 94: 355-382.
Fayers, S.R. & Trewin, N.H., 2005. A hexapod from the Early Devonian Windyfield chert, Rhynie, Scotland. Palaeontology, 48: 1117-1130.
Frey, W., Hofmann, M. & Hilger, H.H., 1997. Gametophyte-sporophyte junction in the Lower Devonian plant Horneophyton lignieri? - Nova Hedwigia, 64: 549-552.
Greenslade, P.. 1988. Reply to R.A. Crowson's "Comments on Insecta of the Rhynie Chert. Entemol. Gener. 11(1/2): 097-098". - Entomol. Gener., 13: 115-117.
Greenslade, P. & Whalley, P.E.S., 1986. The systematic position of Rhyniella praecursor Hirst & Maulik (Collembola), the earliest known hexapod. - in: Dallai, R. (ed.), 2nd. Int. Symp. Apterygota. Univ. Siena, pp. 319-323.
Habgood, K.S., Hass, H. & Kerp, H. 2004. Evidence for an early terrestrial food web: coprolites from the Early Devonian Rhynie chert. - Trans. R. Soc. Edinburgh, Earth Sci., 94: 371-387.
Harvey, R., Lyon, A.G. & Lewis, 1969. A fossil fungus from Rhynie chert. - Trans. Brit. Mycol. Soc., 53: 155-156.
Hass, H., 1991. Die Epidermis von Horneophyton lignieri (Kidston & Lang) Barghoorn & Darrah. - N. Jb. Geol. Paläont. Abh., 183: 61-85.
Hass, H. & Remy, W., 1992. Devonian fungi. Interactions with the green algae Palaeonitella. - Mycologia, 86: 901-910.
Hass, H., Taylor, T.N. & Remy, W., 1994. Fungi from the Lower Devonian Rhynie chert: Mycoparasitism. - Amer. J. Bot., 81: 29-37.
Hirst, S., 1923. On some arachnid remains from the Old Red Sandstone (Rhynie Chert Bed, Aberdeenshire). - Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., 9th Ser., 70: 455-474.
Hirst, S. & Maulik, S., 1926. On some arthropod remains from the Rhynie Chert (Old Red Sandstone). - Geol. Mag., 63: 69-71.
Horne, J., Mackie, W., Flett, J.S., Gordon, W.T., Hickling, G., Kidston, R., Peach, B.N. & Watson, M.S., 1917. The plant-bearing cherts at Rhynie, Aberdeenshire. - in: Report of the eighty-sixth meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, John Murray, London, pp. 206-216.
Hueber, F.M., 1992. Thoughts on the early lycopsids and zosterophylls. - Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard., 79: 474-499.
Illman, W.I., 1984. Zoosporic fungal bodies in the spores of the Devonian fossil plant Horneophyton. Mycologia, 76: 545-547.
Kelman, R., Feist, M., Hass, H. & Trewin, N.H. 2004. Charophyte algae from the Rhynie chert. - Trans. R. Soc. Edinburgh, Earth Sci., 94: 443-453.
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Kerp, H. & Hass, H., 2004. De Onder-Devonische Rhynie Chert - het oudste en meest compleet bewaard gebleven terrestrische ecosysteeem. - Grondboor & Hamer, 58: 33-50.
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Kerp, H., Trewin, N.H. & Hass, H. 2004. New gametophytes from the Early Devonian Rhynie chert. - Trans. R. Soc. Edinburgh, Earth Sci., 94: 409-426.
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Kidston, R. & Lang, W.H., 1917. On Old Red Sandstone plants showing structure, from the Rhynie chert bed, Aberdeenshire. Part I. Rhynia gwynne-vaughani Kidston & Lang. - Trans. Roy. Soc. Edinburgh, 51(24): 761- 784. [Reprinted 1996 in: Trans. Roy. Soc. Edinburgh, Earth Sci., 87: 423-460 with a preface and bibliography by N.H. Trewin]
Kidston, R. & Lang, W.H., 1920. On Old Red Sandstone plants showing structure, from the Rhynie Chert bed, Aberdeenshire. Part II. Additional notes on Rhynia gwynne-vaughani, Kidston and Lang; with descriptions of Rhynia major, n.sp., and Hornia lignieri, n.g., n.sp. - Trans. Roy. Soc. Edinburgh, 52(24): 603-627.
Kidston, R. & Lang, W.H., 1920. On Old Red Sandstone plants showing structure, from the Rhynie Chert bed, Aberdeenshire. Part III. Asteroxylon Mackiei, Kidston and Lang. - Trans. Roy. Soc. Edinburgh, 52(26): 643-680.
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