William More Gabb

William More Gabb (1839–1878), US palaeontologist

Taxon names authored

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• 15 taxon names authored by William More Gabb

Eponyms

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• 2 eponyms of William More Gabb

Taxonomic Bibliogaphy

• Groves, L.T. & Squires, R.L. 2018. Annotated Catalog of the Fossil Invertebrates Described by, and Named for, William More Gabb (1839–1878). Zootaxa 4534(1): 1–150. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4534.1.1 Reference page. 

Publications

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1859

• Gabb, W.M. 1859. Catalogue of the invertebrate fossils of the Cretaceous formation of the United States with references. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 11: 1–20.
• Gabb, W.M. 1859. Descriptions of two new species of Carboniferous fossils, brought from Fort Belknap, Texas, by Dr. Moore. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 11: 297.

1860

• Gabb, W.M. 1860. Descriptions of new species of Cretaceous fossils from New Jersey. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 12: 93–95.
• Gabb, W.M. 1860. Descriptions of some new species of Cretaceous fossils from South America in the collection of the Academy. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 12: 197–198.
• Gabb, W.M. 1860. Description of a new species of cephalopod from the Eocene of Texas. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 12: 324.
• Gabb, W.M. & Horn, G.H. 1860. Descriptions of new Cretaceous corals from New Jersey. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 12: 366–367. BHL Reference page. 
• Gabb, W.M. 1860. Description of a new genus of Amorphozoon, from the Cretaceous formation of New Jersey. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 12: 518.
• Gabb, W.M. 1860. Description of a new species of Cassidulus, from the Cretaceous formation of Alabama. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 12: 519.
• Gabb, W.M. 1860. Descriptions of some new species of Tertiary fossils from Chiriqui, Central America. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 12: 567–568.
• Gabb, W.M. 1860. Descriptions of some new species of Cretaceous fossils. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (2) 4: 299–305.
• Gabb, W.M. 1860. Descriptions of new species of fossils, probably Triassic from Virginia. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (2) 4: 307–308.
• Gabb, W.M. 1860. Descriptions of new species of American Tertiary and Cretaceous fossils. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (2) 4: 375–406.

1861

• Gabb, W.M. 1861. Synopsis of American Cretaceous Brachiopoda. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 13: 18–19.
• Gabb, W.M. 1861. Description of new species of Cretaceous fossils from New Jersey, Alabama, and Mississippi. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 13: 318–330.
• Gabb, W.M. 1861. Notes on Cretaceous fossils with descriptions of a few additional new species. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 13: 363–367.
• Gabb, W.M. 1861. Descriptions of new species of American Tertiary fossils and a new Carboniferous cephalopod from Texas. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 13: 367–372.
• Gabb, W.M. 1861. Synopsis of the Mollusca of the Cretaceous formation, including the geographical and stratigraphical range and synonymy. C. Sherman and Son, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 201 pp. [reprinted in Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 8: 57–257 1862.]

1862

• Gabb, W.M. & Horn, G.H. 1862. Monograph of the Fossil Polyzoa of the Secondary and Tertiary Formations of North America. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 2d series 5(pt. 2): 111–178, pls. 19–21. BHL Reference page. 

1864

• Gabb, W.M. 1864. Notes on some fossils from the gold bearing slates of Mariposa, with description of some new species. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (1) 3: 172–173.
• Gabb, W.M. 1864. Description of the Triassic fossils of California and the adjacent Territories. California Geological Survey. Palaeontology 1: 19–35. BHL Reference page. 
• Gabb, W.M. 1864. Description of the Cretaceous fossils. California Geological Survey. Palaeontology 1: 57–243. BHL Reference page. 

1865

• Gabb, W.M. 1865. Descriptions of new species of marine shells from the coast of California. Proceedings of the California Academy of Natural Sciences, (1) 3: 182–190.

1866

• Gabb, W.M. 1866. Reply to Mr. Conrad's criticism on Mr. Gabb's "Report on the palaeontology of California". American journal of conchology 2: 87–92. BHL Reference page. 
• Gabb, W.M. 1866. Descriptions of three new species of land shells from Arizona. American journal of conchology 2: 330–331. BHL Reference page. 

1868

• Gabb, W.M. 1868. An attempt at a revision of the two families Strombidae and Aporrhaidae. American Journal of Conchology 4: 137–149.

1869

• Gabb, W.M. 1869. Descriptions of fossils from the clay deposits of the upper Amazon. American Journal of Conchology 4: 197–200.
• Gabb, W.M. 1869. Descriptions of some secondary fossils from the Pacific states. American Journal of Conchology 5: 5–18. [6 July 1869].
• Gabb, W.M. 1869. Descriptions of new species of South American fossils. American Journal of Conchology 5: 25–32. [6 July 1869].
• Gabb, W.M. 1869. Description of the Tertiary Invertebrate Fossils. California Geological Survey. Palaeontology 2: 1–38. BHL Reference page. 
• Gabb, W.M. 1869. Tertiary Invertebrate Fossils — Continued. California Geological Survey. Palaeontology 2: 39–63. BHL Reference page. 
• Gabb, W.M. 1869. Synopsis of the Tertiary Invertebrate Fossils of California. California Geological Survey. Palaeontology 2: 67–124. BHL Reference page. 
• Gabb, W.M. 1869. Description of New, and Revision of Previously Described, Cretaceous Fossils. California Geological Survey. Palaeontology 2: 127–205. BHL Reference page. 
• Gabb, W.M. 1869. Synopsis of all the described Invertebrate Cretaceous Fossils of California and the Adjacent States. California Geological Survey. Palaeontology 2: 209–254. BHL Reference page. 
• Gabb, W.M. 1869. Description of Cretaceous Fossils, collected by A. Rémond, at Arivechi, Sonora, Mexico. California Geological Survey. Palaeontology 2: 257–276. BHL Reference page. 

1872

• Gabb, W.M. 1872. On the topography and geology of Santo Domingo. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society n.s., 15: 49–259.
• Gabb, W.M. 1872. Notes on the genus Polorthus, Gabb. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 24: 259–262.
• Gabb, W.M. 1872. Notice of a collection of Cretaceous fossils from Chihuahua, Mexico. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 24: 263–265.
• Gabb, W.M. 1872. Description of some new genera of Mollusca. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 24: 270–274.

1876

• Gabb, W.M. 1876. Notes on American Cretaceous fossils with descriptions of some new species. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 28: 276–324.
• Gabb, W.M. 1876. Note on the discovery of representatives of three orders of fossils new to the Cretaceous Formation of North America. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 28: 178–179. BHL Reference page. 

1881

• Gabb, W.M. 1881. Description of a collection of fossils, made by Doctor Antonio Raimondi in Peru. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (2) 8: 263–336.
• Gabb, W.M. 1881. Descriptions of Caribbean Miocene fossils. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (2) 8: 337–348. [February 1881]
• Gabb, W.M. 1881. Descriptions of new species of fossils from the Pliocene clay beds between Limon and Moen, Costa Rica, together with notes on previously known species from there and elsewhere in the Caribbean area. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (2) 8: 349–380.