> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 301](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33333440) of TL-2 Vol. V > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/13087-1) LSID 13087-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15437658) QID Q15437658 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Schopf, James \[Morton\] (1911-1978), American palaeobotanist; Dr. phil. Univ. Illinois 1937; assistant bot. dept. Univ. Illinois 1930-1933; with the Illinois State Geological Survey 1934; assistant geologist ib. 1935-1943; with the U.S. Bureau of Mines, Pittsburgh 1943-1947; with the U.S. Geological Survey, Washington 1947-1949, id. Coal Geology Lab., Columbus Ohio 1949-1976; member of the Editorial Committee of the International Code of botanical Nomenclature 1969-1978; member, later chairman, of the International Committee on the Nomenclature of fossil plants 1950-1978. **Abbreviated name**: *Schopf* \[standard form in IPNI: *J.M.Schopf*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection ILLS|ILLS]]. – Palaeobotanical types in Illinois Geological Survey, Urbana, Ills., and in [[Collection USGS|USGS]]. #### Bibliography and biography Andrews p. 328; Barnhart 3: 238 (b. 2 Jan 1911); Bossert p. 355; MW suppl. p. 309; Rehder 5: 777; Roon p. 100. #### Biofile - Andrews, H.N., The fossil hunters 130, 240-242. 1980. - Anon., Columbus Citizen-Journal 16 Sep 1978 (obit., d. 15 Sep 1978); I.O.P. Newsletter 7: I. Oct 1978 (d.); Ohio J. Sci. 79(4): 192. 1979 (obit. not; Mary Clark Thompson medal N.A.S. 1976). - Cattell, J.M. & J., eds., Amer. Men Sci. ed. 6. 1251. 1938; ed. 7: 1567. 1944, ed. 8: 2197. 1949, ed. 9: 1709. 1955, ed. 10: 3600. 1961, ed. 11: 4739. 1967, ed. 12: 5601. 1972, ed. 13: 3942. 1976. - Kosanke, R.M., Memorial to James Morton Schopf 1911-1978, 4 p. Geol. Soc. Amer. 1979, 4 p. (obit., portr., selected bibl.). - Schopf, J.M., communication to senior author. 1958. - Stafleu, F.A., Taxon 27: 492. 1978 (d.). - Verdoorn, F., ed., Chron. bot. 2: 405. 1936, 3: 283. 19937, 5: 233, 234. 1939, 6: 186, 231, 232. 1941, 7: 227. 1943. #### Eponymy Mt. Schopf, Ohio Range, Central Antarctica; taxa: *Schopfia* Janssen (1940), *Schopfiastrum* H.N. Andrews (1945), *Schopfites* Kosanke 1950, *Schopfipollenites* Potonié & Kremp. (1954), *Schopfitheca* Delevoryas 1964, *Schopfaspis* Palmer & Gatehouse 1972. ### Publications ##### n.11.030. Spores from the Herrin **Title** *Spores from the Herrin* (no. 6) *coal bed in Illinois*... Urbana, Illinois, 1938. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Spores Herrin coal bed*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1938 (p. 2: Jul 1938), p. \[1\]-73, *pl. 1-8. Copies*: FAS, MO. – State Geological Survey, Urbana, Ilinois, Rept. Invest. 50. *Preliminary publ*.: 1936, Spores characteristic of Illinois Coal no. 6, Trans. Illinois State Acad. Sci. 28(2): 173-176. Dec 1935 (1936). – See also his *The Palaeobotanical significance of plant structure in coal*, ib. 28(2): 106-110. Dec 1935 (1936). ##### n.11.031. Medullosa distelica **Title** *Medullosa distelica*, a new species of the Anglica group of Medullosa... Reprinted from the American Journal of Botany, vol. 26, no. 4, 196-207, April 1939. **Notes** *Publ*.: Apr 1939, p. \[i\], 196-207. *Copy*: MO. – Reprinted with special t.p. and to be cited from Amer. J. Bot. 26(4): 196-207. Apr 1939. *Copy*: MO. ##### n.11.032. Contributions to Pennsylvanian paleobotany **Title** *Contributions to Pennsylvanian paleobotany* Mazocarpon Oedipternum, sp. nov. and Sigillarian relationships... Urbana, Illinois 1941. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Contr. Pennsylv. paleobot.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1941, p. \[1\]-40, *pl. 1-6* (uncol.). *Copy*: MO. – Illinois State Geol. Surv. Rept. 75. 1940.