Elvira Wood (birth date - death date) was one of only two woman in the first group of 78 members of the original Paleontological Society, as of December 31, 1909 [1]. She was employed as an assistant in paleontology at the United States Geological Survey [2]. Her extensive 1909 publication on Gerard Troost's unpublished manuscript was presented as a thesis in connection with the degree of master of arts in 1908 from Columbia University. Very little is known of her life, other than the publications on crinoid paleontology that she produced while a student, but her scientific contributions are valued and referenced to this day [3].
Publications edit
- Wood, E., 1901. A new crinoid from the Hamilton of Charlestown, Ind.. American Journal of Science, ser. 4, v. 12, p. 197-300, pl. 5.
- Wood, E., 1904. On new and old middle Devonic crinoids. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, v. 47, p. 56-84, pl. 15-16.
- Wood, E., 1909. A critical summary of Troost's unpublished manuscript on the crinoids of Tennessee. U.S. National Museum, Bulletin, v. 64, p. 1-150, 14 pl.
- Wood, E., 1914. The use of crinoid arms in studies of phylogeny. Annals of the N.Y. Academy of Science, v. 24, p. 1-17, pl. 1-5
References edit
- ^ Cleland, H. F. 1910. Proceedings of the preliminary meeting of the Paleontological Society, held at Baltimore, Maryland, December 30, 1908, and also proceedings of the first annual meeting held at Cambridge, Massachusetts, December 29, 1909. Bulletin of the Geological Society of America, v. 21, pp. 69-85.
- ^ Wood, E., 1909. A critical summary of Troost's unpublished manuscript on the crinoids of Tennessee. U.S. National Museum, Bulletin, v. 64, p. 1-150, 14 pl.
- ^ Ausich, W., 2009. xxx