> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 255](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33066595) of TL-2 Vol. VII > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/11628-1) LSID 11628-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21394539) QID Q21394539 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Whitfield, Robert Parr (1828-1910), American palaeontologist; with James Hall at the New York State Survey from ca. 1850-1876; with the American Museum of Natural History as curator of the Dept. of Geology 1876-1910. **Abbreviated name**: *Whitfield* \[standard form in IPNI: *Whitfield*\] #### Herbarium and types Unknown. #### Bibliography and biography Andrews p. 348; Barnhart 3: 488 (b. 27 Mai 1828, d. 6 Apr 1910); BM 5: 2312; De Toni 4: lix; ME 1: 239, 3: 677; Merrill p. 714; Quenstedt p. 459. #### Biofile - Anon., Amer. men sci. ed. I. 345. 1906; Brit. Mus. gen. cat. print. books 256: 934-935. 1965; Bull. U.S. natl. Mus. 30: 259-272. 1885 (bibl.); Hedwigia 50: (143). 1910 (d.); Natl. Cycl. Amer. biogr. 5: 92-93. 1894; Who was who Amer. 1: 1333. 1968. - Clarke, J.M., Bull. geol. Soc. Amer. 22: 22-32. 1911 (obit., portr., bibl.). - Gratacap, L.P., Amer. J. Sci. 179: 565-566. 1910; Science ser. 2. 31: 774-775. 1910; Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci. 20(9, 3): 385-398. *pl. 16.* 1911 (biogr. mem., bibl., portr.). - Hovey, E.O., Amer. Mus. J. 10: 119-121. 1910 (obit., portr.). - Zittel, K.A. von, Gesch. Geol. Paläob. 815, 823. 1899; Hist. geol. palaeont. 401. 1901. ### Publications ##### n.17.476. On new forms of marine algae from the Trenton limestone **Title** *On new forms of marine algae from the Trenton limestone*, with observations on Buthograptus laxus Hall.... Author's edition, extracted from Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History,... 1894. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 20 Dec 1894, cover-t.p., p. 351-358. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 6(16): 351-358. 1894. ##### n.17.477. Notice of a new genus of marine algae **Title** *Notice of a new genus of marine algae*, fossil in the Niagara shale... Author's edition, extracted from Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History,... 1902. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 3 Nov 1902, cover-t.p., p. 399-400, *pl. 53. Copy*: G. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 16(30): 399-400, *pl*. 55. 1902.