Thomas N Taylor

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Publications

  1. ncbi Life history biology of early land plants: deciphering the gametophyte phase
    Thomas N Taylor
    Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Natural History Museum and Biodiversity Research Center, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045 7534, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 102:5892-7. 2005
  2. ncbi Morphological and functional stasis in mycorrhizal root nodules as exhibited by a Triassic conifer
    Andrew B Schwendemann
    Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, and Natural History Museum and Biodiversity Institute, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045 7534, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 108:13630-4. 2011
  3. ncbi Hassiella monospora gen. et sp. nov., a microfungus from the 400 million year old Rhynie chert
    Thomas N Taylor
    Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045 7534, USA
    Mycol Res 110:628-32. 2006
  4. ncbi Secondary phloem anatomy of Cycadeoidea (Bennettitales)
    Patricia E Ryberg
    Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Biodiversity Research Center, University of Kansas, 1200 Sunnyside Avenue, Lawrence, Kansas 66045 7534 USA
    Am J Bot 94:791-8. 2007
  5. ncbi Organization, anatomy, and fungal endophytes of a Triassic conifer embryo
    Andrew B Schwendemann
    Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, and Natural History Museum and Biodiversity Institute, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045 7534 USA
    Am J Bot 97:1873-83. 2010
  6. ncbi Seed ferns from the late Paleozoic and Mesozoic: Any angiosperm ancestors lurking there?
    Edith L Taylor
    Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, and Natural History Museum and Biodiversity Research Center, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045 7534 USA
    Am J Bot 96:237-51. 2009
  7. ncbi Root suckering in a Triassic conifer from Antarctica: Paleoecological and evolutionary implications
    Anne Laure Decombeix
    Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, and Natural History Museum and Biodiversity Institute, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045 7600 USA
    Am J Bot 98:1222-5. 2011
  8. ncbi Development and ecological implications of dormant buds in the high-Paleolaltitude Triassic sphenophyte Spaciinodum (Equisetaceae)
    Patricia E Ryberg
    University of Kansas, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Natural History Museum and Biodiversity Research Center, Lawrence, Kansas 66045 USA
    Am J Bot 95:1443-53. 2008
  9. ncbi Protoascon missouriensis, a complex fossil microfungus revisited
    Thomas N Taylor
    Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, and Natural History Museum and Biodiversity Research Center, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045 7534, USA
    Mycologia 97:725-9. 2005
  10. ncbi Fungal endophytes in a 400-million-yr-old land plant: infection pathways, spatial distribution, and host responses
    Michael Krings
    Bayerische Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und Geologie und GeoBio Center LMU, Richard Wagner Strasse 10, D 80333 Munich, Germany
    New Phytol 174:648-57. 2007

Collaborators

  • Michael Krings
  • Edith L Taylor
  • Andrew B Schwendemann
  • Patricia E Ryberg
  • Anne Laure Decombeix
  • Elizabeth J Hermsen
  • Jeffrey M Osborn

Detail Information

Publications10

  1. ncbi Life history biology of early land plants: deciphering the gametophyte phase
    Thomas N Taylor
    Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Natural History Museum and Biodiversity Research Center, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045 7534, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 102:5892-7. 2005
    ....
  2. ncbi Morphological and functional stasis in mycorrhizal root nodules as exhibited by a Triassic conifer
    Andrew B Schwendemann
    Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, and Natural History Museum and Biodiversity Institute, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045 7534, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 108:13630-4. 2011
    ..Notophytum root nodules predate the next known appearance of this association by 100 million years, indicating that this specialized form of mycorrhizal symbiosis has ancient origins...
  3. ncbi Hassiella monospora gen. et sp. nov., a microfungus from the 400 million year old Rhynie chert
    Thomas N Taylor
    Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045 7534, USA
    Mycol Res 110:628-32. 2006
    ..When combined, these features are suggestive of the oogonia/oosporangia in certain extant members of the Peronosporomycetes (Oomycota)...
  4. ncbi Secondary phloem anatomy of Cycadeoidea (Bennettitales)
    Patricia E Ryberg
    Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Biodiversity Research Center, University of Kansas, 1200 Sunnyside Avenue, Lawrence, Kansas 66045 7534 USA
    Am J Bot 94:791-8. 2007
    ..The unusual pattern of cell types and thickness of secondary phloem is discussed in the context of plant habit, phloem efficiency, and potential phylogenetic importance...
  5. ncbi Organization, anatomy, and fungal endophytes of a Triassic conifer embryo
    Andrew B Schwendemann
    Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, and Natural History Museum and Biodiversity Institute, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045 7534 USA
    Am J Bot 97:1873-83. 2010
    ..The association of the embryo with Combresomyces cornifer and Mycocarpon asterineum increases our understanding of the roles of microorganisms in Triassic ecosystems...
  6. ncbi Seed ferns from the late Paleozoic and Mesozoic: Any angiosperm ancestors lurking there?
    Edith L Taylor
    Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, and Natural History Museum and Biodiversity Research Center, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045 7534 USA
    Am J Bot 96:237-51. 2009
    ....
  7. ncbi Root suckering in a Triassic conifer from Antarctica: Paleoecological and evolutionary implications
    Anne Laure Decombeix
    Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, and Natural History Museum and Biodiversity Institute, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045 7600 USA
    Am J Bot 98:1222-5. 2011
    ....
  8. ncbi Development and ecological implications of dormant buds in the high-Paleolaltitude Triassic sphenophyte Spaciinodum (Equisetaceae)
    Patricia E Ryberg
    University of Kansas, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Natural History Museum and Biodiversity Research Center, Lawrence, Kansas 66045 USA
    Am J Bot 95:1443-53. 2008
    ..The abundance of buds and the absence of elongated stems in the permineralized peat deposit suggest that Spaciinodum underwent dormancy during the dark Antarctic winters...
  9. ncbi Protoascon missouriensis, a complex fossil microfungus revisited
    Thomas N Taylor
    Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, and Natural History Museum and Biodiversity Research Center, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045 7534, USA
    Mycologia 97:725-9. 2005
    ..We offer a more complete interpretation based on a re-examination of the type material that suggests the fossil represents an (a)zygosporangium-suspensor complex of a zygomycete comparable to some modern members of the Mucorales...
  10. ncbi Fungal endophytes in a 400-million-yr-old land plant: infection pathways, spatial distribution, and host responses
    Michael Krings
    Bayerische Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und Geologie und GeoBio Center LMU, Richard Wagner Strasse 10, D 80333 Munich, Germany
    New Phytol 174:648-57. 2007
    ..Anatomical and life history features of N. aphylla suggest that this plant may have been particularly susceptible to colonization by fungi...