Theses and Publications

1984 Anatomical and Morphological Study of a New Species of Taeniocrada, a Devonian Tracheophyte from New York State. pp. 53.

1987 The Paleobiogeographic Relationships of North American Angiosperms During the Upper Cretaceous and Paleogene. pp. 338.

Crepet, W.L. & D.W. Taylor, 1985. The diversification of the Leguminosae: first fossil evidence of the Mimosoideae and Papilionoideae. Science 228: 1087-1089.

Crepet, W.L. & D.W. Taylor, 1986. Primitive mimosoid flowers from the Paleocene-Eocene and their systematic and evolutionary implications. Amer. J. Bot. 73: 548-563.

Taylor, D.W., 1986. Anatomical and morphological study of a new species of Taeniocrada, a Devonian tracheophyte from New York State. Rev. Palaeobot. Palynol. 47: 63-87.

Taylor, D.W. & W.L. Crepet, 1987. Fossil floral evidence of Malpighiaceae and an early plant-pollinator relationship. Amer. J. Bot. 74: 274-286.

Steele, K.P., K.E. Holsinger, R.K. Jansen & D.W. Taylor, 1988. Phylogenetic relationships in green plants - a comment on the use of 5S ribosomal RNA sequences by Bremer et al. Taxon 37: 135-138.

Taylor, D.W., 1988. Eocene floral evidence of Lauraceae: corroboration of the North American megafossil record. Amer. J. Bot. 75: 948-957.

Taylor, D.W., 1988. Paleobiogeographic relationships of the Paleogene flora from the southeastern U.S.A.: implications for West Gondwanaland affinities. Palaeogeogr. Palaeoclim. Palaeoeco. 66: 265-275.

Taylor, D.W., 1989. Some select palynomorphs from the Middle Eocene Claiborne Formation, TN, U.S.A. Rev. Palaeobot. Palynol. 58: 111-128.

Sussex, I.M. & D.W. Taylor, 1989. The origin and evolution of leaves. In: Current Topics in Plant Biochemistry and Physiology, Vol. 8: 161-167 (D. Randall, ed.). University of Missouri Press.

Taylor, D.W. & L.J. Hickey, 1990. An Aptian plant with attached leaves and flowers: implications for angiosperm origin. Science 247: 702-704.

Taylor, D.W., 1990. Paleobiogeographic relationships of angiosperms from the Cretaceous and early Tertiary of the North American area. Bot. Rev. 56: 279-417.

Hickey, L.J. & D.W. Taylor, 1991. Leaf architectural analysis of the new species Ticodendron: its relationships and familial rank. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 78: 105-130.

Steele, K.P., K.E. Holsinger, R.K. Jansen & D.W. Taylor, 1991. Assessing the reliability of 5S rRNA sequence data for phylogenetic analysis in green plants. Molec. Biol. Evol. 8: 240-248.

Taylor, D.W., 1991. Angiosperm ovules and carpels: their characters and polarities, distribution in basal clades, and structural evolution. Postilla 208: 1-40.

Taylor, D.W., 1991. Paleogeographic relationships of Andean angiosperms of Cretaceous to Pliocene age. Palaeogeo. Palaeoclim., Palaeoeco. 88: 69-84.

Taylor, D.W. & L.J. Hickey, 1992. A new theory of angiosperm origin based on outgroup comparison and phylogenetic analysis. Pl. Syst. Evol. 180: 137-156.

Kirchner, G., C.J. Kinslow, G.C. Bloom & D.W. Taylor, 1993. Nonlethal assay system of ß-glucuronidase activity in transgenic tobacco roots. Pl. Mol. Biol. Reporter 11: 320-325.

Moldowan, J.M., J. Dahl, B.J. Huizinga, F.J. Fago, L.J.Hickey, T.M. Peakman, & D.W. Taylor, 1994. The molecular fossil record of oleanane and its relation to angiosperms. Science 265: 768-771.

Taylor, D.W., 1995. Cretaceous to Tertiary geologic and angiosperm paleobiogeographic history of the Andes. In: S.P. Churchill, H. Balslev, E. Forero & J.L. Luteyn (eds). Biodiversity and Conservation of Neotropical Montane Forests. pp. 3-9. The New York Botanical Society, Bronx, NY.

Taylor, D.W. & G. Kirchner, 1996. The origin and evolution of the angiosperm carpel. In: D.W. Taylor & L.J. Hickey (eds). Flowering Plant Origin, Early Evolution and Phylogeny. pp. 116-140. Chapman & Hall, New York.

Taylor, D.W. & L.J. Hickey, 1996. Evidence for, and implications of an herbaceous origin for angiosperms. In: D.W. Taylor & L.J. Hickey (eds). Flowering Plant Origin, Early Evolution and Phylogeny. pp. 176-231, Chapman & Hall, New York.

Hickey, L.J. and D.W. Taylor, 1996. The origin of the angiosperm flower. In: D.W. Taylor & L.J. Hickey (eds). Flowering Plant Origin, Early Evolution and Phylogeny. pp. 232-266, Chapman & Hall, New York.

Li, H. & D.W. Taylor, 1998. Aculeovinea yunguiensis gen.et sp. nov. (Gigantoperidales), a new taxon of gigantopterid stem from the Upper Permian of Guizhou Province, China. International Journal of Plant Science 159: 1023-1033.

Li, H. & D.W. Taylor, 1999. Vessel-bearing stems, Vasovinea tianii gen. et sp. nov. (Gigantopteridales), from the Upper Permian of Guizhou Province, China. American Journal of Botany, 86: 1563-1575.

Taylor, D.W., 1989. Book Review. E. Friis, W. Chaloner and P. Crane (eds.). The Origins of Angiosperms and their Biological Consequences. Amer. Scientist. 77: 181.

Taylor, D.W., 1991. Introduction to the Biology of Plants through Scientific Problem Solving: A Laboratory Manual for Introductory Botany. pp. 132.

Taylor, D.W., 1992. A Laboratory Manual for the Survey of "Plants". pp. 143.

Taylor, D.W. and L.J. Hickey, 1996. Introduction - the challenge of flowering plant history.

Taylor & L.J. Hickey (eds). Flowering Plant Origin, Early Evolution and Phylogeny. pp. 1-7, Chapman & Hall, New York.

G. Kirchner and D.W. Taylor, 1996. Laboratory Manual for Biological Concepts. pp. 127.

Taylor, D.W., 1996. Angiosperms. Macmillan Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences.