Bibliography of Fossil Vertebrates Exclusive of North America, 1509–1927

Romer, Alfred Sherwood; Wright, Nelda E.; Edinger, Tilly; Frank, Richard Van

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“…She was also a key contributor with Romer, Nelda Wright (q.v. below) and Richard van Frank to the Bibliography of Fossil Vertebrates (Romer et al 1962). She received fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation in New York in 1943 and the American Association of University Women in 1950.…”

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Forgotten women in an extinct saurian (man's) world

Turner

Burek

Moody

2010

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Despite dinosaurs becoming significant 'icons' in our culture, few women have made major contributions to the study of fossil vertebrates, especially reptilian taxonomy, by specializing in the dinosaurs and related 'saurians'. Most who were involved over the first 150 years were not professional palaeontologists but instead wives, daughters and pure (and usually unpaid) amateurs. Here we salute some 40 of them, showing how some kept alive childhood dreams and others fell into the subject involuntarily. As usual nineteenth-century female practitioners are virtually unknown in this area except for one icon, Dorset girl Mary Anning of Lyme Regis, who significantly contributed to the palaeontology. Only in the early twentieth century did women such as Tilly Edinger conduct research with an evolutionary agenda. Before the modern post-1960s era, beginning with Mignon Talbot, few were scientists or conducting research; others such as Mary Ann Woodhouse, Arabella Buckley, the Woodward sisters, Nelda Wright were artists, photographers and/or writers, scientifically illustrating and/or popularizing dinosaurs. Like many other women, they often battled to get from first base to job, appear fleetingly in the literature then disappear; or exist as anonymous presences behind eminent men. In contrast, the modern era offers better prospects for those wanting to pursue dinosaurs and their relatives, even if it means volunteering for a dino dig, watching a live 'Time team'-type dinosaur dig on TV or entering the Big Virtual Saurian World now on the Internet. This paper considers the problems and highlights the achievements of the oft-forgotten women.Supplementary material: Additional references and list of books and publications by or about deceased women related to 'saurians', including these mentioned in the text, are available at

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Section: Johanna Gabrielle Ottelie 'Tilly' Edingermentioning

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Forgotten women in an extinct saurian (man's) world

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Burek

Moody

2010

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“…She was almost immediately incorporated into the academic and social atmosphere that then existed at Harvard's Museum of Comparative Zoology (Figure 4) Richard van Frank) to the museum's major project, the assembly of a bibliography of fossil vertebrates (exclusive of North America), finally published in 1962 (Romer et al 1962). Here her proficiency in several languages and her attention to detail were major advantages.…”

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The Study of “Fossil Brains”: Tilly Edinger (1897–1967) and the Beginnings of Paleoneurology

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Seyfarth²

2001

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“…For specific information on the spiders of Oz, buy Murphy and Murphy's (2000) treatise on southeast Asian spiders -it does a much better job of introducing the fauna than does Spiders of Australia Bibliographies have proven an essential tool in any historical based research, yet are often underrated. In paleontology, specifically vertebrate paleontology, many have relied upon Bibliography of Fossil Vertebrates Exclusive of North America 1509-1927(Romer et al, 1962, and Bibliography of Fossil Vertebrates (BFV) (produced by the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology), and their earlier versions. The BFV, however, is no longer updated.…”

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"Spiders of Australia: An Introduction to their Classification, Biology and Distribution" by T. J. Hawkeswood [book review]

Bennett

2005

Can Field Nat

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Bibliography of Fossil Vertebrates Exclusive of North America, 1509–1927

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Forgotten women in an extinct saurian (man's) world

Forgotten women in an extinct saurian (man's) world

The Study of “Fossil Brains”: Tilly Edinger (1897–1967) and the Beginnings of Paleoneurology

"Spiders of Australia: An Introduction to their Classification, Biology and Distribution" by T. J. Hawkeswood [book review]

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