Katherine Van Winkle Palmer | |
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| Born | February 5th, 1895 Oakville, Washington |
| Died | September 12th, 1982 |
| Education | Cornell University |
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| Spouse | Ephraim Laurence Palmer |
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| Fields | Paleontology |
Katherine Van Winkle Palmer (February 5, 1895 – September 12, 1982) was a tertiary paleontologist, a scientist who studied fossils from the Cenozoic Era, and an accomplished geologist.[1] Palmer is recognized for her field/doctoral study on Veneracean lamellibranches,[1] a class of bivalve molluska that include clams, scallops and oysters. Palmer was a director of the Paleontological Research Institution (PRI) in New York.[2] During Palmer's time as the director of the PRI, she oversaw the publication of numerous Bulletins of American Paleontology as well as several issues of Palaeontographica Americana.[2] Palmer is well known for her field study and collection of molluscs that took place in several parts of the world, most notably in the Gulf of Mexico. Katherine was married to Ephraim L. Palmer and had two children together, Laurence and Richard Palmer.
- ^ a b Caster, Kenneth E. (1983). "Memorial to Katherine Van Winkle Palmer". Journal of Paleontology. 57 (5): 1141–1144. JSTOR 1304780. (reprinted[permanent dead link] in Geological Society Memorials 17:1-4. 1986
- ^ a b Armentrout, John M., ed. (1981). Pacific Northwest Cenozoic Biostratigraphy. Special Paper. Vol. 184. Geological Society of America. p. iv. ISBN 978-0-8137-2184-2.