Faculty

Edith L. Taylor - Paleobotany
Professor
Ph.D., The Ohio State University
Phone: (785) 864-3621
Fax: (785) 864-5321

Links

Personal Website

Women in Science Bibliography

Bibliography of Paleobotany

Classes Taught

BIOL 420/701 - Seminar on Women in Science (Fall semester)
BIOL 215 - The role of evolution and diversity in shaping our world (spring semester)
BIOL 640/641 and GEOL 528/529 - The biology and evolution of fossil plants (lecture and laboratory)

Awards

Elected to the University of Kansas, Women's Hall of Fame, April 2004
Elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 1992

Area of Interest and Research

Fossil tree ring growth and paleoclimate interpretation
Biological input for paleoclimate models
Adaptations of high latitude fossil floras
Permian and Triassic permineralized plants from Antarctica
Distribution and diversity of Permian and Triassic floras from Antarctica
Fossil phloem--structure, function and phylogenetic trends

Representative Publications

Kellogg, D.W., and E.L. Taylor. 2004. New insights into mite detritivory during the late Paleozoic and Mesozoic. Journal of Paleontology 78: 1146-1153.

Cúneo, N. R., E. L. Tayor , T. N. Taylor, and M. Krings.  2003.  An in situ fossil forest from the upper Fremouw Formation (Triassic) of Antarctica: Paleoenvironmental setting and paleoclimate analysis.  Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 197(3-4):239-261.

Klavins, S. D., E. L Taylor , M. Krings, and T. N. Taylor.  2001.  An unusual, structurally preserved ovule from the Permian of Antarctica.  Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 115:107-117.

Klavins, S. D., T. N. Taylor, and E. L. Taylor.   2002. Anatomy of Umkomasia (Corystospermales) from the Triassic of Antarctica.  American Journal of Botany 89(4):664-676.

McManus, H. A., E. L. Taylor , T. N. Taylor, and J. W. Collinson.  2002.  Petrified Glossopteris from Collinson Ridge, Shackleton Glaciar area: Upper Permian or Lower Triassic? Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 120(3-4): 233-246.

McManus, H. A., L. D. Boucher, E. L. Taylor , and T. N. Taylor.  2002.  Hapsidoxylon terpsichorum gen. et sp. nov., a stem with unusual anatomy from the Triassic of Antarctica.  American Journal of Botany 89: 1958-1966.

Rothwell, G. W., E. L. Taylor , and T. N. Taylor.  2002. Ashicaulis woolfei n. sp., additional evidence for the antiquity of osmundaceous ferns from the Triassic of Antarctica.  American Journal of Botany 89(2): 352-361.

Taylor, E. L. and T. N. Taylor.  2001.  Adolphe Brongniart. In : Plant Sciences (R. Robinson, editor in chief), Macmillan Reference USA, Vol. 1:103-104.

Taylor, E. L. , T. N. Taylor, and N. R. Cúneo.  2000.  Permian and Triassic high latitude paleoclimates: Evidence from fossil biotas.  In : Huber, B. T., K. G. MacLeod, and S. L. Wing (eds.). Warm Climates in Earth History , Cambridge University Press, pp. 321-350.

Graduate Students

Master's students:
Patricia Ryberg, 2004- EEB (CURRENT)
Hilary McManus, 1998-2000, EEB (KU)
Nathania Vishnevsky, 1994, Plant Biology (OSU)
Cherise Pettway, 1992, Plant Biology (OSU)

Ph.D. students (co-advisor):
Carlie J. Phipps, Botany (OSU & KU), Ph.D., 2001
Brian Axsmith, Botany (OSU & KU), Ph.D., 1998
Lisa Boucher, Ph.D., 1995, Plant Biology (OSU)