This page lists most of the texts and articles written on the Rhynie chert; the geology, palaeoenvironments and biota as well as some other related articles referred to in this resource. Suggestions for further inclusions in later versions of this module are welcomed.
Articles of a general nature and book contributions are marked by an asterisk.
*Allison, P. A. & Briggs, D. E. G. 1991. Taphonomy: Releasing data locked in the fossil record. Plenum Press, New York.
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Anderson, L. I. & Trewin, N. H. 2003. An Early Devonian arthropod fauna from the Windyfield chert, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Palaeontology, 46, 467-510.
Anderson, L. I., Dunlop, J. A., Horrocks, C. A., Winkelmann, H. M. & Eagar, R. M. C. 1997. Exceptionally preserved fossils from Bickershaw, Lanacashire, UK (Upper Carboniferous, Westphalian A (Langsettian)). Geological Journal, 32: 197-210.
Anderson, L. I., Dunlop, J. A., Eagar, R. M. C., Horrocks, C. A. & Wilson, H. M. 1999. Soft-bodied fossils from the roof shales of the Wigan Four Foot coal seam, Westhoughton, Lanacashire, UK. Geological Magazine, 135: 321-329.
*Anderson, L. I., Crighton, W. R. B. & Hass, H. 2004. A new univalve crustacean from the Early Devonian Rhynie chert hot spring complex. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences, 94: 355-369.
Banks, H. P. 1975. Reclassification of Psilophyta. Taxon, 24(4): 401-413.
Barghoorn, E. S. & Darrah, W. C. 1938. Horneophyton a necessary change of name for Hornea. Harvard University Botanical Museum Leaflets, 6: 142-144.
*Baron, M., Hillier, S., Rice, C. M., Czapnik, K. & Parnell, K. 2004. Fluids and hydrothermal alteration assemblages in a Devonian gold-bearing hot-spring system, Rhynie, Scotland. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences, 94: 309-324.
Bernini, F. 1986. Current ideas on the phylogeny and the adaptive radiations of Arcarida. Bolletin de Zoologie, 53: 279-313.
Bhutta, A. A. 1972. Observations on the sporangia of Horneophyton lignieri (Kidston and Lang) Barghoorn and Darrah 1938. Pakistan Journal of Botany, 4: 27-34.
Bhutta, A. A. 1973a. On the spores (including germinating spores) of Horneophyton (Hornea) lignieri (Kidston & Lang) Barghoorn & Darrah (1938). Pakistan Journal of Botany, 5: 45-55.
Bhutta, A. A. 1973b. On the spores (including germinating spores) of Rhynia major Kidston & Lang. Biologia, 19: 47-55.
Bhutta, A. A. 1987a. Mitotic cell division in the underground portions of Rhynia gwynne-vaughani Kidston and Lang. Bulletin of the Palaeobotany and Palynology Club of Pakistan, 1: 45-48.
Bhutta, A. A. 1987b. Observations on Rhynia gwynne-vaughani Kidston and Lang. Bulletin of the Palaeobotany and Palynology Club of 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.
*Brock, T. D. 1994. Life at high temperatures. Yellowstone Association for Natural Science, History & Education, Inc.
Cadogan, P. H. 1977. Palaeoatmospheric argon in Rhynie chert. Nature, 268: 38-41.
*Cady, S. L. & Farmer, J. D. 1996. Fossilization processes in siliceous thermal springs: trends in preservation along thermal gradients. In: Brock, G. R. & Goode, J. A. (eds), Evolution of Hydrothermal Ecosystems on Earth (and Mars?). John Wiley, Chichester, pp. 150-173.
*Campbell, K. D., Buddle, T. F. & Browne, P. R. L. 2004. Late Pleistocene silica sinter associated with fluvial, lacustrine, volcaniclastic and landslide deposits at Tahunaatara, Taupo Volcanic Zone, New Zealand. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences, 94: 485-501.
*Carson, G. A. 1991. Silicification of fossils. In: Allison, P. A. & Briggs, D. E. G. (eds), Taphonomy: Releasing data locked in the fossil record. Plenum Press, New York, pp. 455-499.
*Channing, A. & Edwards, D. 2004. Experimental taphonomy: silicification of plants in Yellowstone hot-spring environments. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences, 94: 503-521.
Claridge, M. F. & Lyon, A.G. 1961. Lung-books in the Devonian Palaeocharinidae (Arachnida). Nature, 191: 1190-1191.
*Cleal, C. J. & Thomas, B. A. 1995. Palaeozoic palaeobotany of Great Britain. Chapman & Hall, London.
Cokendolpher, J. C. & Cockendolpher, J. E. 1982. Re-examination of the Tertiary harvestmen from the Florissant Formation, Colorado (Arachnida: Opiliones: Palpatores). Journal of Paleontology, 56, 1213-1217.
Cokendolpher, J. C. & Poinar Jr, G. O. 1998. A new fossil harvestman from Dominican Republic amber (Opiliones, Samoidae, Hummelinckiolus). Journal of Arachnology, 26, 9-13.
Croft, W. N. & George, E. A. 1959. Blue-green algae from the Middle Devonian of Rhynie, Aberdeenshire. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Geology, 3(10): 341-353.
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Crowson, R. A. 1985. Comments on insecta of the Rhynie chert. Entomologia Generalis, 11: 97-98.
D'Haese, C. A. 2003. Morphological appraisal of Collembola phylogeny with special emphasis on Poduromorpha and a test of the aquatic origin hypothesis. Zoologica Scripta, 32(6): 563-586.
Drum, R. W. 1968. Silicification of Betula wood tissue in vitro. Science, 161: 175-176.
*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.
Dunlop, J. A. 1994. Filtration mechanism in the mouthparts of tetrapullmonate arachnids (Trigonotarbida, Araneae, Ampblypygi, Uropygi, Schizomida). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society, 9: 267-273.
Dunlop, J. A. 1996a. A Trigonotarbid arachnid from the Upper Silurian of Shropshire. Palaeontology, 39: 605-614.
Dunlop, J. A. 1996b. Systematics of the fossil arachnids. Revue Suisse de Zoologie, vol. hors série: 173-184.
*Dunlop, J. A. 1996c. Arácnidos fósiles (con exclusión de arañas y escorpiones). In: Melic, A. (ed.), Volumen Monográfico: PaleoEntomologica. Boletin de la Sociedad Entomologica Aragonesa, 16: 206 (in Spanish and English).
Dunlop, J. A. & Giribet, G. 2003. The first fossil cyphophthalmid (Arachnida, Opiliones) from Bitterfeld amber, Germany. Journal of Arachnology, 31, 371-378.
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. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences, 94: 341-354.
Edgecombe, G. D. & Morgan, H. 1999. Synaustrus and the euthycarcinoid puzzle. Alcheringa, 23: 193-213.
*Edwards, D. 2004. Embryophytic sporophytes in the Rhynie and Windyfield cherts. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences, 94: 397-410.
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Edwards, D., Kerp, H. & Hass, H. 1998. Stomata in early land plants: an anatomical and ecophysiological approach. Journal of Experimental Botany, 49: 255-278.
Edwards, D. S. 1980. Evidence for the sporophytic status of the Lower Devonian plant Rhynia gwynne- vaughanii Kidston and Lang. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 29: 177-188.
Edwards, D. S. 1986. Aglaophyton major, a non-vascular land-plant from the Devonian Rhynie chert. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 93: 173-204.
Edwards, D. S. & Lyon, A. G. 1983. Algae from the Rhynie chert. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 86: 37-55.
Eggert, D. A. 1974. The sporangium of Horneophyton lignieri (Rhyniophytina). American Journal of Botany, 61: 405-413.
El-Saadawy, W., & Lacey, W. S. 1979a. The sporangia of Horneophyton lignieri (Kidston and Lang) Barghoorn and Darrah. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 28: 137-144.
El-Saadawy, W. & Lacey, W. S. 1979b. Observations on Nothia aphylla Lyon ex Høeg. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 27: 119-147.
Engel, M. S. and Grimaldi, D. A. 2004. New light shed on the oldest insect. Nature, 427: 627-630.
Fayers, S. R. & Trewin, N. H., 2003. A new crustacean from the Early Devonian Rhynie chert, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences, 93: 355-382.
*Fayers, S. R. & Trewin, N. H. 2004. A review of the palaeoenvironments and biota of the Windyfield chert. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences, 94: 325-339.
Fayers, S. R. & Trewin, N. H. 2005. A hexapod from the Early Devonian Windyfield chert, Rhynie, Scotland. Palaeontology, 48: 1117-1130.
Fayers, S. R., Dunlop, J. A. & Trewin, N. H. 2004. A new early Devonian trigonotarbid arachnid from the Windyfield chert, Rhynie, Scotland. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, 2: 269-284..
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*Goldring, R. 1991. Fossils in the field: information potential and analysis. Longman Scientific & Technical, Harlow. 218pp.
Greenslade, P. 1988. Reply to R. A. Crowson's "Comments on Insecta of the Rhynie chert. Entemol. Gener. 11(1/2): 097-098". Entomologia Generalis, 13: 115-117.
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*Habgood, K. S., Hass, H. and Kerp, H. 2004. Evidence for an early terrestrial food web: coprolites from the Lower Devonian Rhynie chert. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences, 94: 371-389.
Harvey, R., Lyon, A. G. & Lewis, P. N. 1969. A fossil fungus from Rhynie chert. Transactions of the British Mycological Society, 53: 155-156.
Hass, H. 1991. Die Epidermis von Horneophyton lignieri (Kidston & Lang) Barghoorn & Darrah. Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie Abhandlungen, 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. American Journal of Botany, 81: 29-37.
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Hirst, S. 1923. On some arachnid remains from the Old Red Sandstone (Rhynie chert Bed, Aberdeenshire). Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 9), 12: 455-474.
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