This page presents a bibliography of the Rhynie Chert.
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.
Barghoorn, E.S. & Darrah, W.C., 1938. Horneophyton a necessary
change of name for Hornea. - Harvard Bot. Mus. Leafl., 6:
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Bhutta, A.A., 1972. Observations on the sporangia of Horneophyton
lignieri
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Bhutta, A.A., 1973. On the spores (including germinating spores) of
Horneophyton
(Hornea) lignieri (Kidston & Lang) Barghoorn & Darrah (1938).
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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.
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Bhutta, A.A., 1987. Observations on Rhynia gwynne-vaughani Kidston
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Boullard, B. & Lemoigne, Y., 1971. Les champignons endophytes du
"Rhynia
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déductions
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Claridge, M.F. & Lyon, A.G., 1961. Lung-books in the Devonian
Palaeocharinidae
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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.,
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Crowson, R.A., 1985. Comments on insecta of the Rhynie Chert. Entomol.
Gener., 11: 97-98.
Dubinin, V.B., 1962. Class Acaromorpha:mites or gnathosomic chelicerate
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Dunlop, J.A., 1994. Filtration mechanism in the mouthparts of
tetrapullmonate
archinids (Trigonotarbida, Araneae, Ampblypygi, Uropygi, Schizomida). -
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Edwards, D. & Edwards, D.S., 1986. A reconsideration of the
Rhyniophytina
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Edwards, D.S. & Lyon, A.G., 1983. Algae from the Rhynie Chert. - Bot.
J. Linn. Soc., 86: 37-55.
Edwards, D. & Selden, P.A., 1993. The development of Early terrestrial
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Edwards, D., Edwards, D.S. & Rayner, R., 1982. The cuticle of early
vascular plants and its evolutionary significance. - in: Cutler, D.F.,
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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., 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.
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.
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Harvey, R., Lyon, A.G. & Lewis, 1969. A fossil fungus from Rhynie chert.
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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
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455-474.
Hirst, S. & Maulik, S., 1926. On some arthropod remains from the Rhynie
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Horne, J., Mackie, W., Flett, J.S., Gordon, W.T., Hickling, G., Kidston,
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Rhynie,
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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.
Kenrick, P., 1994. Alternation of generations in land plants: New
phylogenetic
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Kenrick, P. & Crane, P., 1991. Water-conducting cells in early fossil
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Kenrick, P. & Crane, P., 1998. The origin and early diversification
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of early terrestrial arthropods and plants. - Palaeontology, 18:
391-417.
Kidston, R. & Lang, W.H., 1917. On Old Red Sandstone plants showing
structure, from the Rhynie chert bed, Aberdeenshire. Part I. Rhynia
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51(24):
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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.
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Kidston, R. & Lang, W.H., 1920. On Old Red Sandstone plants showing
structure, from the Rhynie Chert bed, Aberdeenshire. Part III. Asteroxlon
Mackiei, Kidston and Lang. - Trans. Roy. Soc. Edinburgh, 52(26):
643-680.
Kidston, R. & Lang, W.H., 1921. On Old Red Sandstone plants showing
structure, from the Rhynie Chert bed, Aberdeenshire. Part IV. Restorations
of the vascular cryptogams, and discussion of their on the general
morphology
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Kidston, R. & Lang, W.H., 1921. On Old Red Sandstone plants showing
structure, from the Rhynie Cert bed, Aberdeenshire. Part V. The Thallophyta
occuring in the peat-bed; the succession of the plants throughout a vertical
section of the bed, and the conditions of accumulation and preservation
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Kühne, W.G. & Schlüter, T., 1985. A fair deal for the Devonian
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Lemoigne, Y., 1966. Sur un sporogone de bryale d'âge Dévonien.
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Lemoigne, Y., 1968. Observation d'archégones portés par des
axes du type Rhynia gwynne-vaughanii Kidston et Lang. Existence de
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Lemoigne, Y., 1968. Observation d'archégones portés par des
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Lemoigne, Y., 1970. Nouvelles diagnoses du genre Rhynia et de
l'espèce
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