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STEPHEN HISLOP AND HIS 1860 CRETACEOUS CONTINENTAL MOLLUSCAN NEW SPECIES DESCRIPTIONS IN LATIN FROM THE DECCAN PLATEAU, INDIA
Author(s) -
HARTMAN JOSEPH H.,
ERICKSON DANIEL N.,
BAKKEN ANNE
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
palaeontology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.69
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1475-4983
pISSN - 0031-0239
DOI - 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2008.00807.x
Subject(s) - cretaceous , paleontology , plateau (mathematics) , deccan traps , taxon , geology , scholarship , continental drift , archaeology , geography , tectonics , mathematical analysis , mathematics , volcanism , political science , law
In 1860, Stephen Hislop published a data‐rich document on the infra‐ and intertrappean strata of the Deccan Plateau of central India, along with numerous new taxa of continental and marine molluscs. His scholarship interestingly blended antiquated, contemporary, and ahead‐of‐his‐time palaeontological methods. Although his work established a completely adequate foundation upon which to build future end‐Cretaceous Deccan molluscan studies, effectively no substantive work ensued, with only incidental subsequent reference to his effort.