> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 305](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33265032) of TL-2 Suppl. I > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/31257-1) LSID 31257-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21505595) QID Q21505595 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Ball, Oscar Melville (1868-1942), Palaeobotanist and botanist, B.A. University of Virginia 1896, Ph.D. Leipzig (with W. Pfeffer) 1904; from 1903 at the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas. **Abbreviated name**: *O.M. Ball* \[standard form in IPNI: *O.M.Ball*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection TAES|TAES]]. #### Bibliography and biography Andrews p. 235; Barnhart 1: 113 (b. 25 Aug, Miami, Mo.); Ewan ed. 2: 11; IH 2: 52. ### Publications ##### n.20.135. A contribution to the palaeobotany of the Eocene of Texas **Title** *A contribution to the palaeobotany of the Eocene of Texas*... Bulletin of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas... 1931. Qu (form). **Abbreviated title**: *Contr. Eocene Texas*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 7 Aug 1931 (latest date on t.p.), cover-t.p., p. \[i-vii\], \[1\]-172, \[173\], *pl. 1-48* (uncol. phot.), \[i\*-iii\*, index\]. *Copies*: NY, U. − Issued as Bull. Agr. Mech. Coll. Texas ser. 4. 2(5). 1 Mai 1931 (sic, t.p. mentions the date 7 Aug 1931 as that of "entered as second class matter..." *Part 2*: 1 Mar 1939, p. \[1\]-54, *pl. 1-13* with text. *Copy*: NY.