Hugh Falconer

Hugh Falconer

Hugh Falconer (1808–1865), Scottish palaeontologist, geologist and botanist.

IPNI standard form: Falc.

Taxon names authored

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• 15 taxon names authored by Hugh Falconer

Eponyms

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• 19 eponyms of Hugh Falconer

Publications

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1836

• Falconer, H. & Cautley, P.T. 1836. Sivatherium giganteum, a new fossil ruminant genus, from the valley of the Markanda, in the Sivalik branch of the Sub-Himalayan Mountains. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 5: 38–50. BHL Reference page. 
• Falconer, H. & Cautley, P.T. 1836. Notes on the fossil hippopotamus of the Sivalik Hills. Asiatic Researches 19: 39–53. BHL Reference page. 

1837

• Falconer, H. & Cautley, P.T. 1837. On additional fossil species of the order Quadrumana from the Sewálík Hills. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 6: 354–360. BHL Reference page. 

1845

• Falconer, H. 1845. Description of some fossil remains of Dinotherium, giraffe and other Mammalia, from the Gulf of Cambay, western coast of India, chiefly from the collection presented by Captain Fulljames, of the Bombay Engineers. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 1: 356–372. BHL Reference page. 

1846

• Falconer, H. & Cautley, P.T. 1846. Fauna antiqua sivalensis, being the fossil zoology of the Sewalik Hills, in the north of India. London: Smith, Elder and Co. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.61447 BHL. Illustrations, Parts: Proboscidae I [1845], II [1846], III, IV, V VI; Hippopotamidae VII; Suidae & Rhinocerotidae VIII [1847]; Equidae, Ruminantia, Camelidae, Sivatherium IX [1849]; Description of the Plates [1867] Reference page. 

1859

• Falconer, H. 1859. Descriptive catalogue of the fossil remains of vertebrata from the Sewalik Hills, the Nerbudda, Perim Island, &c. in the museum of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. BHL Reference page. 

1868

• Falconer, H. & Murchison, C. 1868. Palaeontological memoirs and notes of H. Falconer, with a biographical sketch of the author. Cz. 1: Fauna Antiqua Sivalensis. London: Robert Hardwicke, 1868, pg. 332. BHL Reference page. 

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