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R.M. Stainforth

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1938    Uintacrinus westfalicus (Schlüter) in the Yorkshire Senonian.
Geologists’ Association.
Proceedings, v. 50, p. 101-104, pls. 10-13.

1942    jointly with H.G. Kugler, S.C. Mackenzie, J.C. Griffiths and G.R. Brotherhood:
Report on exporation for oil in British Guiana.
Geological Survey British Guiana. Bulletin 20, 78 p., illus.

1945    J.A. Cushman and RMS:
The foraminifera of the Cipero Marl Formation of Trinidad, British West Indies.
Cushman Laboratory for Foraminiferal Research. Special Publication. 14, 75 p., 16 pls.

1946    J.A. Cushman and RMS:
A new species of Amphistegina  from the Eocene of Ecuador.
Cushman Laboratory for Foraminiferal Research.
Contributions, v. 22, p. 117-119, pl. 20.

            RMS and F.V. Stevenson:
Three new foraminifera from the Tertiary of Ecuador.
Journal of Paleontology, v. 20, p. 560-565, pl. 86.

1947    J.A. Cushman and RMS:
A new genus and some new species of foraminifera from the Upper Eocene of Ecuador.
Cushman Laboratory for Foraminiferal Research. Contributions, v. 23, p. 77-80, pl. 17 (part).

1948    Applied micropaleontology in coastal Ecuador,
Journal of Paleontology, v. 22, p. 113-151, 1 fig., pls. 24-26.

            Description, correlation and paleoecology of Tertiary Cipero Marl Formation, Trinidad, B.W.I.
American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 32, p. 1292-1330, 2 figs.

1949    The Hannatoma fauna in the Zapotal sands of southwest Ecuador.
Journal of Paleontology, v. 23, p. 155, 156.

            Foraminifera in the Upper Tertiary of Egypt.
Journal of Paleontology, v. 23, p. 419-422.

            Nomenclatural notes on Pullenia and Cibicides.
Journal of Paleontology, v. 23, p. 436-438.

            Work in comfort.
The Micropaleontologist, v. 3, no. 2, p. 29, 30.

            Further notes on Globigerina oozes.
The Micropaleontologist, no. 3, p. 12, 13.

1950    Is more concerted effort possible in establishing the regional significance of planktonic foraminifera as indices of geological age?
The Micropaleontologist, v. 4, no. 1, p. 18.

            Types of Pullenia duplicata Stainforth.
Journal of Paleontology, v. 24, p. 503?

            Comments on “A pitfall of paleontologic ‘Latin’”.
Journal of Paleontology, v. 24, p. 504, 505.

1951    J.A. Cushman and RMS:
Tertiary foraminifera of coastal Ecuador: part I - Eocene.
Journal of Paleontology, v. 25, p. 129-164, 4 figs., pls. 25-28.

            Growth of recognition of the zonal value of planktonic microfossils.
The Micropaleontologist, no. 4, p. 30-32.

1952    Ecology of arenaceous foraminifera.
The Micropaleontologist, v. 6, no. 1, p. 42-44.

            Classification of uniserial calcareous foraminifera.
Cushman Laboratory for Foraminiferal Research. Contributions, v. 3, p. 6-14, 1 fig.

            Nodosaria[n] nomenclature.
Cushman Laboratory for Foraminiferal Research. Contributions, v. 3, p. 146.

1953    The basis of Paleogene correlation in middle America.
Soc. Geol. Peru. Boletín, v. 26, p. 247-262, 3 figs.

            Globigerina mexicana Cushman, an Eocene index fossil.
The Micropaleontologist, v. 7, no. 4, p. 23-25.

            RMS and W. Rüegg:
Mid-Oligocene transgression in southern Peru.
American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 37, p. 568, 569.

1954      Comments on the Caribbean Oligocene.
Geol. Mag., v. 41, p. 175.

1955    Ages of Tertiary formations in northwest Peru.
American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 39, p. 2068-2077.

            The value of an editorial board.
Micropaleontology, v. 1, p. 93.

1956    Meaning of the word stratigraphy.
American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 40, p. 2289, 2290.

1958    Stratigraphic concepts.
American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 42, p. 192, 193.

1960    The American Oligocene.
Nature, v. 187, p. 678, 679.

            Estado actual de las correlaciones transatlanticas del Oligo-Mioceno por medio de foraminíferos planctónicos.
[Venezuela] Boletín Geología Publ. Espec. 3, p. 382-406, 1 fig.

            Current status of transatlantic Oligo-Miocene correlations by means of planktonic foraminifera.
Rev. Micropaléontologie, v. 4, p. 219-230, 1 fig.

1961    The Cretaceous/Tertiary and Oligocene/Miocene boundaries in Venezuela.
Asociación Venezolana de Geología, Minería y Petróleo. Boletín Informativo, v. 4, p. 256-258.

1962    The Upper Eocene of the Guajira Peninsula.
Idem, v. 5, p. 229, 230.

            Definitions of some new Stratigraphic units.
Idem, p. 279-282.

1964    Origin of the name Peñas Blancas Formation.
Asociación Venezolana de Geología, Minería y Petróleo. Boletín Informativo, v. 7, p. 257-259.

            Discussion of the age of the Roraima Formation.
Asociación Venezolana de Geología, Minería y Petróleo. Boletín Informativo, v. 7, p. 368, 369.

            Subdivision of the Miocene.
American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 48, p. 1847-1850.

1965    RMS and J.A. Sulek:
Chapapotal Member, new name for Cachipo Member of Carapita Formation.
Asociación Venezolana de Geología, Minería y Petróleo. Boletín Informativo, v. 8, p. 281, 282, 1 fig.

1966    untitled comments in Drooger, C.W., Zonation of the Miocene by means of planktonic foraminifera— a review and some comments.
Comm. Mediterranean Neogene stratigraphy, 3rd Session, Bern 1964, Proceedings
, p. 47, 48 (Leiden, E.J. Brill).

            Occurrence of pollen and spores in the Roraima Formation of Venezuela and British Guiana.
Nature, v. 210, no. 5033, p. 292-294, 3 figs.
also
Asociación Venezolana de Geología, Minería y Petróleo. Boletín Informativo, v. 9, p. 173-176, 1 fig.

            A.L. Peirson, III, Amos Salvador and RMS:
The Guárico Formation of north-central Venezuela
Asociación Venezolana de Geología, Minería y Petróleo. Boletín Informativo, v. 9, p. 183-224.

            Gravitational deposits in Venezuela.
Asociación Venezolana de Geología, Minería y Petróleo. Boletín Informativo, v. 9, p. 277-287, 3 figs.

            Contributions of the A.V.G.M.P. Maracaibo Basin Eocene Nomenclature Committee: I - Introduction.
Asociación Venezolana de Geología, Minería y Petróleo. Boletín Informativo, v. 9, p. 319-324.

1967    E. von der Osten and RMS:
Current status of stratigraphic names used in central Lara, Appendix to Osten, E. von der, Stratigraphy of Central Lara.
Asociación Venezolana de Geología, Minería y Petróleo. Boletín Informativo
, v. 10, p. 323-329.

1968    El desarrollo de la terminología estratigráfica en el estado Lara.
Asociación Venezolana de Geología, Minería y Petróleo. Boletín Informativo, v. 11, p. 243-253.

1969    untitled comments in Blow, W.H., Late Middle Eocene to Recent planktonic foraminiferal biostratigraphy.
1st International Conference on Planktonic Microfossils, Geneva, 1967, Proceedings
, p. 419, 420.

            Ages of Upper Tertiary and Quaternary formations in Venezuela.
Asociación Venezolana de Geología, Minería y Petróleo. Boletín Informativo, v. 12, p. 75-90.

            The concept of seafloor spreading applied to Venezuela.
Asociación Venezolana de Geología, Minería y Petróleo. Boletín Informativo, v. 12, p. 257-274, 7 figs.

            Amos Salvador and RMS:
Clues in Venezuela to the geology of Trinidad, and vice versa.
4th Caribbean Geological Conference, Trinidad 1965, Transactions, p. 31-40, 5 figs.

            Mid-Tertiary diastrophism in northern South America.
4th Caribbean Geological Conference, Trinidad 1965, Transactions, p. 159-174, 9 figs.

1970    C. González de Juana, RMS, F. de Rivero, C. Martín Bellizzia and C. Petzall, eds.
LEXICO ESTRATIGRAFICO DE VENEZUELA (segunda edición).
[Venezuela] Boletín Geología Publicación Especial 4, 756 p., illus.

1971    La formación Carapita de Venezuela oriental.
Boletín Geología [Venezuela] Publicación Especial 5, p. 433-463, 6 figs.

1973    Description, correlation and paleoecology of Tertiary Cipero Marl Formation, Trinidad, B.W.I.
American Association of Petroleum Geologists Reprint Ser., no. 6, p. 63-101, 2 figs.

1974    Nomenclature of some large Eo-Oligocene globigerinas.
Naturf. Gesell. Basel Verh., v. 84, p. 256-264, 1 fig., 2 pls.

1975    RMS, J.L. Lamb, Hanspeter Luterbacher, J.H. Beard and R.M. Jeffords:
Cenozoic planktonic foraminiferal zonation and characteristics of index forms.
Univ. of Kansas Paleontological Contributions, Art. 62, 425 p., illus.

            South American studies of Tertiary planktonic foraminifera/Estudios suramericanos de los foraminíferos planctonicos del Terciario.
Revista Española Micropaleontología, v. 7, p. 363-371.

            P.J. Bermúdez and RMS:
Aplicaciones de foraminíferos planctónicos a la bioestratigrafía del Terciario en Venezuela.
Revista Española Micropaleontología, v. 7, p. 373-389, 3 figs.

1976    J.L. Lamb and RMS:
Unreliability of Globigerinoides datum.
American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 60, p. 1564-1569, 3 figs.

1978    Was it the Orinoco?
American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 62, p. 303-306, 1 fig.

            RMS, J.L. Lamb and R.M. Jeffords:
Rotalia menardii Parker, Jones and Brady, 1865 (Foraminiferida: proposed suppression of lectotype and designation of neotype.)
Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, v. 34, p. 252-262, 2 pls.

1981    RMS and J.L. Lamb:
An evaluation of planktonic foraminiferal zonation of the Oligocene.
Univ. of Kansas Paleontological Contributions, Pap. 104, 34 p., 7 figs., 8 pls.

            Globuligerina Bignot and Guyader, 1971, prior synonym of Caucasella Longoria, 1974.
Journal of Paleontology, v.

1982    RMS with K. Sztrakos & R. M. Jeffords
Globigerina cerroazulensis Cole, 1928 and Globigerapsis tropicalis Blow & Banner, 1962 (Foraminiferida): proposed conservation.
Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, vol. 39, pt. 1, March 1982 5 pp.

Not included in this list are editorials, editorial notes and many reviews  in the Asociación Venezolana de Geología, Minería y Petróleo Boletín Informativo, vols. 6 through 12, and a few reviews in the American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin (1951, 1953, 1971)