Editorial Type:
Article Category: Research Article
| Online Publication Date: 05 Nov 2007
W. D. Matthew, Fossil Vertebrates and Geological Time
W. D. Matthew, Fossil Vertebrates and Geological Time
Page Range: 159 – 166
William Diller Matthew (1871-1930) was one of the leading vertebrate paleontologists of the early twentieth century. His taxonomic and phylogenetic researches significantly changed the understanding of evolution of many families and orders of mammals. In addition, Matthew was much concerned with geological questions. His biostratigraphic studies considerably refined understanding of the localities and ranges of Tertiary vertebrate fauna in the western United States, and he extended those interpretations to define correlations between American stratigraphic units and those in other areas of the world. On the basis of that work, Matthew made notable contributions to the understanding and improvement of the geological time scale.
Ameghino, Florentino, 1892. Enumeration synoptique des especes de mammiferes fossiles des formations eocenes de Patagonie: Bol. nacional de ciencias Cordoba 13: 594-863.
Ameghino, Florentino, 1894. Sur les oiseaux fossiles de Patagonie et la faune mammalogiques des couches a Pyrotherium.Bol. Inst. geografica argentino 15: 501-660.
Ameghino, Florentino, 1897. Mammiferes cretaces de l'Argentine. Duexieme contribution a la connaissance de la faune mammalogique des couches a Pyrotherium.Bol. Inst. geografica argentino 18: 301-461.
Ameghino, Florentino, 1900-1902. L'age de formations sedimentaires de Patagonie: Anal. Soc. cientifica argentina 50: 109-130, 145-165, 209-229; 51: 20-39, 65-91; 52: 189-197, 244-250; 54: 161-180, 220-249, 283-342.
Barrell, Joseph, 1917. Rhythms and the measurement of geologic time: Bull. Geol. Soc. Amer. 28: 745-906.
Cassidy, G. J. 1988. George Frederic Matthew: invertebrate paleontologist: Geosci. Can. 15: 155-163.
Chamberlin, T. C., 1897. A group of hypotheses bearing on climatic changes: Jour. Geol. 5: 653-683.
Cope, E. D. 1875. Report on the geology of that part of northwestern New Mexico examined during the field season of 1874: 981-1017. In. Ann. Rept. Geogr. Geol. Explor. Sur. West of 100th Meridian.
Cope, E. D., 1883. Vertebrata of the Tertiary formations of the west. Book I. Rept. U. S. Geol. Sur. the Territ. Vol. 3. Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C., 1009 p.
Darton, N. H., 1901. Letter to Henry Fairfield Osborn, 25 June 1901, Darton Correspondence, Archives, Dept. Vertebrate Paleontology, Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist.
Darton, N. H., 1906a. Geology of the Bighorn Mountains: U. S. Geol. Sur. Prof. Paper 51: 1-129.
Darton, N. H., 1906b. Preliminary report on the geology and underground water resources of the central Great Plains: U. S. Geol. Sur. Prof. Paper 32: 1-433.
Department of Vertebrate Paleontology, American Museum of Natural History, 1895-1900. Ann. Rept.
Eigenmann, C. H., 1909. The freshwater fishes of Patagonia and an examination of the Archiplata-Archhelenis Theory. Rept. Princeton Univer. Expeditions to Patagonia, 1896-1899. 3, (3). Princeton University Press, Princeton, 149 p.
Forbes, H. 0., 1893. Antarctica: a supposed former southern continent: Nat. Sci. 3: 54-57.
Gadow, Hans, 1913. The wanderings of animals. G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York. 150 p.
Gaudry, Albert, 1906-09. Fossiles de Patagonie: Ann. paleo. 1: 1-42, 101-143; 3: 41-60; 4: 1-28.
Gregory, W. K., 1930. A biographical sketch of William Diller Matthew 1871-1930: Sci. 72: 642-645.
Gregory, W. K., 1931. A review of William Diller Matthew's contributions to mammalian palaeontology: Amer. Mus. Novitates 473: 1-23.
Gregory, W. K., 1938. Henry Fairfield Osborn, 1857-1935: Natl. Acad. Sci. Biog. Mem. 19: 53-119.
Hatcher, J. B., 1893a. The Ceratops beds of Converse County, Wyoming: Amer. Jour. Sci., 3d ser. 14: 135-144.
Hatcher, J. B., 1893b. The Titanotherium beds: Amer. Nat. 27: 204-221.
Hatcher, J. B., 1897. On the geology of southern Patagonia: Amer. Jour. Sci., 4th ser. 4: 327-354.
Hatcher, J. B., 1900. Sedimentary rocks of southern Patagonia: Amer. Jour. Sci., 4th ser. 9: 85-108.
Hatcher, J. B., 1903a. Narrative of the expeditions: geography of southern Patagonia. Rept. Princeton Univer. Expeditions to Patagonia, 1896-1899. 1. Princeton University Press, Princeton, 314 p.
Hatcher, J. B., 1903b. The stratigraphic position of the Judith River beds and their correlation with the Belly River beds: Sci. 28: 211-212.
von Ihering, Hermann, 1891. On the ancient relations between New Zealand and South America: Trans. New Zealand Inst. 24: 431-435.
Knowlton, F. H., 1914. Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary in the Rocky Mountain region: Bull. Geol. Soc. Amer. 25: 325-340.
Knowlton, F. H., 1916. Principles governing the use of fossil plants in geologic correlation: Bull. Geol. Soc. Amer. 27: 525-530.
Marsh, O. C., 1877. Introduction and succession of vertebrate life in America: Amer. Jour. Sci., 3d ser. 14: 337-378.
Marsh, O. C., 1893. Geological horizons as determined by vertebrate fossils: Compt. Rend. Cong. Geol. Internatl., 5th sess.: 156-159.
Matthew, W. D., 1897. A revision of the Puerco fauna: Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 9: 259-323.
Matthew, W. D., 1899a. Is the White River Tertiary an aeolian formation?: Amer. Nat. 33: 403-408.
Matthew, W. D., 1899b. A provisional classification of the freshwater Tertiary of the west: Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 12: 19-75.
Matthew, W. D., 1901. Fossil mammals of the Tertiary of northeastern Colorado: Mem. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 1: 353-447.
Matthew, W. D., 1902. New Canidae from the Miocene of Colorado: Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 16: 281-290.
Matthew, W. D., 1908. Osteology of Blastomeryx and phylogeny of the American Cervidae: Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 24: 535-562.
Matthew, W. D., 1909a. The Carnivora and Insectivora of the Bridger Basin, Middle Eocene: Mem. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 9 (6): 289-567.
Matthew, W. D., 1909b. Faunal lists of the Tertiary Mammalia of the West: Bull. U. S. Geol. Sur. 361: 91-120.
Matthew, W. D., 1910a. On the osteology and relationships of Paramys, and the affinites of the Ischyromyidae: Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 28: 43-72.
Matthew, W. D., 1910b. Patagonia and the Pampas Cenozoic of South America: A critical review of the correlations of Santiago Roth: Ann. New York Acad. Sci. 19: 149-160.
Matthew, W. D., 1910c. The phylogeny of the Felidae: Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 28: 289-316.
Matthew, W. D., 1914a. Evidence of the Paleocene vertebrate fauna on the Cretaceous-Tertiary problem: Bull. Geol. Soc. Amer. 25: 381-402.
Matthew, W. D., 1914b. Time ratios in the evolution of mammalian phyla: A contribution to the problem of the age of the earth: Sci. 40: 232-235.
Matthew, W. D., 1914c. Letter, William Diller Matthew to T. W. Stanton, 26 March 1914, William Diller Matthew Correspondence, Archives, Dept. Vertebrate Paleontology, Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist.
Matthew, W. D., 1915a. Climate and Evolution. Ann. New York Acad. Sci. 24: 171-318.
Matthew, W. D., 1915b. Dinosaurs: With special reference to the American Museum collections: Amer. Mus. Handbook Ser. 5: 1-124.
Matthew, W. D., 1918. Letter, William Diller Matthew to Henry Fairfield Osborn, 1 July 1918, Henry Fairfield Osborn Correspondence, Archives, Dept. Vertebrate Paleontology, Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist.
Matthew, W. D., 1926. The evolution of the horse. A record and its interpretation: Quart. Rev. Biology. 1: 139-185.
Matthew, W. D., 1928. Outline and general principles of the history of life: Univer. Calif. Syllabus Ser. 230: 5-276.
Matthew, W. D., 1937. Paleocene faunas of the San Juan Basin, New Mexico: Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 30: 1-510.
Matthew, W. D., 1939. Note on the Wegner hypothesis, etc., supplementary to ‘Climate and evolution’: 164-169. In Matthew, W. D., Climate and evolution, 2nd ed. New York: New York Academy of Sciences, 223 p.
Matthew, W. D., and Granger, Walter, 1915a. A revision of the Lower Eocene Wasatch and Wind River Faunas. Part I. Order Ferae (Carnivora), Suborder Creodonta: Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 34: 1-103.
Matthew, W. D., and Granger, Walter, 1915b. A revision of the Lower Eocene Wasatch and Wind River Faunas. Part II. Order Condylarthra, Family Hyoposodontidae: Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 34: 311-328.
Matthew, W. D., and Granger, Walter, 1915c. A revision of the Lower Eocene Wasatch and Wind River faunas. Part IV. Entelonychia, Primates, Insectivores: Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 34: 429-483.
Matthew, W. D., and Granger, Walter, 1918. A revision of the Lower Eocene Wasatch and Wind River faunas: Part V. Insectivora, Glires, Edentates: Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 38: 565-657.
Merrill, G. P., 1924. The first one hundred years of American geology. Yale University Press, New Haven, 773 p.
Ortmann, A. E., 1902. The geographical distribution of fresh-water decapods, and its bearing upon ancient geography: Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 41: 267-400.
Osborn, H. F., 1898. The Extinct Rhinoceroses: Mem. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 1(3):75-164.
Osborn, H. F., 1900a. Correlation between Tertiary mammal horizons of Europe and America: Ann. New York Acad. Sci. 13: 1-72.
Osborn, H. F., 1900b. Phylogeny of the rhinoceroses of Europe: Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 13: 229-267.
Osborn, H. F., 1909. Cenozoic mammal horizons of western North America: Bull. U. S. Geol. Sur. 361: 1-90.
Osborn, H. F., 1910. The age of mammals in Europe, Asia and North America. Macmillan and Co., New York, 635 p.
Osborn, H. F., 1931. Memorial of William Diller Matthew: Bull. Geol. Soc. Amer. 42: 55-95.
Osborn, H. F., and Earle, Charles, 1895. Fossil mammals of the Puerco beds. Collection of 1892. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 7: 1-70.
Osborn, H. F., and Matthew, W. D. 1909. Geological correlation through vertebrate paleontology by international cooperation: Ann. New York Acad. Sci. 19: 41-44.
Rainger, Ronald, 1986. Just before Simpson: William Diller Matthew's understanding of evolution: Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 130: 453-474.
Rainger, Ronald, 1988. Vertebrate paleontology as biology: Henry Fairfield Osborn and the American Museum of Natural History: 219-256. In Rainger, Ronald, Benson, K. R., and Maien-schein, Jane, eds., The American development of biology, University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia, 380 p.
Robinson, R. A., and Teichert, Curt, eds,. 1979. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Part A: Introduction: Fossilization (Taphonomy), Biogeography and Biostratigraphy, Geological Society of America, Boulder, p. A500.
Schmidt, Karl. 1955. Animal geography: 767-794. In Kessel, Edward, L., ed., A century of progress in the natural sciences, San Francisco: California Academy of Sciences, 807p.
Schuchert, Charles, and LeVene, C. M., 1940. O. C. Marsh: Pioneer in paleontology. Yale University Press, New Haven, 541 p.
Scott, W. B., 1890. The mammalia of the Uinta formation. Part I. The geological and faunal relations of the Uinta formation: Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. n.s. 16: 461-474.
Scott, W. B., 1891. The osteology of Mesohippus and Blastomeryx, with observations on the modes and factors of evolution in the mammalia: Jour. Morph. 5: 301-406.
Simpson, G. G., 1940. Mammals and land bridges: Wash. Acad. Sci. 30: 137-163.
Simpson, G. G., 1978. Concession to the improbable: An unconventional autobiography. Yale University Press, New Haven, 291 p.
Simpson, G. G., 1984. Discoverers of the lost world: An account of some of those who brought back to life South American mammals long buried in the abyss of time. Yale University Press, New Haven, 222 p.
Wortman, J. L., 1897. The Ganodonta and their relationship to the Edentata: Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 9: 59-110.