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### Author
Chaney, Ralph Works (1890-\[fl. 1955\]), American geologist and paleobotanist, born 24 Aug 1890 at Chicago, Illinois, B.S. Chicago, 1912, Ph.D. 1919, research associate Carnegie Institution of Washington and University of California, Berkeley, California 1922-1931, worked further on tertiary paleobotany (Miocene, Pliocene and Eocene floras of Oregon).
**Abbreviated name**: *R.W. Chaney* \[standard form in IPNI: *R.W.Chaney*\]
#### Herbarium and types
[[Collection B|B]], [[Collection F|F]], [[Collection HH (sensu TL-2)|HH]], [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection MICH|MICH]], [[Collection MO|MO]], [[Collection NY|NY]], [[Collection QK|QK]], [[Collection UC|UC]], [[Collection US|US]], [[Collection W|W]].
#### Bibliography and biography
Barnhart 1: 331 (b. 24 Aug 1890, Chicago, Ill.); IH 2: 122; Kew 1: 513-514; TL-2/5: 1026.
#### Biofile
- Anon., Amer. men sci. 9(1): 314. 1955.
- Ewan, J. et al., Short hist. bot. U.S. 107, 122, 123, 128. 1969.
- Hunt Institution, Biogr. dict. bot. portr. coll. 71. 1972. (portr.).
### Publications
##### n.25.538. Goshen flora
**Title**
The *Goshen flora* of West Central Oregon... Carnegie Institution... 1933. Qu.
**Abbreviated title**: *Goshen flora*.
**Notes**
*Co-author*: Ethel Ida Sanborn (1883-1952), see TL-2/5: 25-26.
*Publ*.: Mai 1933 (date on p. \[i\]), cover-t.p., p. \[i-iii\], 1-103, \[104\], *pl. 1-40* (uncol. phot.).
*Copy*: U. – Issued as Carnegie Inst. Washington Publ. no. 439.
##### n.25.539. tertiary floras
**Title**
Late *tertiary floras* from the high *plains*... Contributions to palaeontology... 1936. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Tert. fl. plains*.
**Notes**
*Co-author*: Maxim Konradovich Elias (1873-1942).
*Publ*.: 30 Oct 1936 (date on p. \[1\]), p. \[1\]-72, *pl. 1-7* (uncol. phot.). Copy: NY. – Issued as Carnegie Inst. Washington Publ. no. 476(1).
*Note*: Included is a chapter on the lower pliocene vertebrate fossils from the Ogallala formation (Lavern Zone) of Beaver County, Oklahoma, by Curtis J. Hesse.
##### n.25.540. Deschutes flora
**Title**
The *Deschutes flora* of *Eastern Oregon*... Contribution to palaeontology... 1938. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Deschutes fl. Oregon*.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 19 Apr 1938 (date on p. \[185\]), p. \[185\]-216, *pl. 1* (map), *2-7* (uncol. phot.). *Copy*: NY. – Issued as Carnegie Inst. Washington Publ. no. 476(4).