Other Research Publications Updated: March 2003


  • Rollins, H. B., 1966. Morphological observations on the bellerophont Ptomatis patulus (Hall) (Gastropoda, Bellerophontacea). American Museum Novitates 2242: 1-7.

  • Batten, R. L., Rollins, H. B., and S. J. Gould. 1967. Comments on the adaptive significance of gastropod torsion. Evolution 21: 405-406.

  • Rollins, H. B. and R. L. Batten. 1968. A sinus-bearing monoplacophoran and its role in the classification of primitive mollusks. Palaeontology 11(1): 132-140.

  • Rollins, H. B. 1969. The taxonomic position of Cyrtonella mitella (Hall) (Mollusca, Monoplacophora). Journ. Paleontology 43(1): 136-140.

  • Rollins, H. B. 1969. Monoplacophora. In McGraw-Hill Science Yearbook: 216-218

  • Rollins, H. B., Eldredge, N., and J. Spiller. 1971. Gastropoda and Monoplacophora of the Solsville Member (Middle Devonian Marcellus Formation) in the Chenango Valley, New York State. Bull. American Museum Natural History 144(2): 129-170.

  • Rollins, H. B. 1972. Notes on the paleontology of the Solsville near Morrisville, New York. New York State Geol. Assn., 44th Ann. Mtg, Guidebook, Hamilton, NY: F2 - F7.

  • Rollins, H. B., (ed.). 1973. Explorations in Earth Sciences - Laboratory Manual. Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co., 58p.

  • Rollins, H. B., 1975. Gastropods from the Lower Mississippian Wassonville Limestone in southeastern Iowa. American Museum Novitates 2579: 35p.

  • Schwartz, J. S. and H. B. Rollins (eds.). 1979. Models and Methodologies in Evolutionary Theory. Carnegie Museum Natural History Bulletin 13: 1-105.

  • Rollins, H. B. and K. Beckman. 1981. Application of unionacean growth increment analysis to biostratigraphic correlation among contiguous rockshelters exhibiting multi-year occupation. Geol. Soc. America, Abstracts with Program, 540.

  • Harper, J. A. and H. B. Rollins. 1982. Recognition of Monoplacophora and Gastropoda in the fossil record: A functional morphological look at the bellerophont controversy. Proc. 3rd North American Paleontology Convention 1: 227-232.

  • Welsh, R. A. and H. B. Rollins. 1983. Depositional environments of Oriskany Sandstone (Lower Devonian) in Somerset County, Pennsylvania. Geol. Soc. America, Abstracts with Program, p. 127.

  • Hill, J., Donahue, J., and H. B. Rollins. 1983. Sodium bisulfate fusion and analysis of grain size distribution: Use in correlation of the Marcellus Shale (Devonian), Appalachian Basin, ABIA (App. Basin Industrial Assoc.), Abst.,4th Mtg, No. Carolina

  • Schwartz, J. S. and H. B. Rollins. 1985. Some thoughts on the history and future of punctuationalism, in L. R. Godfrey (ed.), What Darwin Began: Issues in Evolution, p. 138-147.

  • Jones, J. R., Rollins, H. B., and B. W. Cameron. 1987. A chronostratigraphic framework for the pollen and core stratigraphy at Plum Island, Massachusetts. Geol. Soc. America Abstracts with Program, p.22.

  • Rollins, H. B., West, R. R., and R. M. Busch. 1988. Hierarchal genetic stratigraphy: Implications for the paleobiological record. Geol. Soc. America, South-central Sect., Lawrence, KS, Abstracts with Program 20: 127.

  • Busch, R.M., Rollins, H. B., and R. R. West. 1988. Use of hierarchal genetic (TR unit) stratigraphy for increased chronostratigraphic and geochronologic resolution of the entire geologic record. Geol. Soc. America, South-central Sect., Lawrence, KS, Abstracts with Program 20: 92.

  • West, R. R., Busch, R.M. and H. B. Rollins. 1988. Hierarchal genetic stratigraphy in Mid-continent Upper Paleozoic rocks. Geol. Soc. America, South-central Sect. Lawrence, KS, Abstracts with Program 20: 132.

  • Busch, R. M., Rollins, H. B. and R. R. West. 1989. Criteria for recognition of genetic surfaces and genetic units in stratigraphic sequences. Geol. Soc. America Abstracts with Program 21(6), St. Louis.

  • Rollins, H. B., Yu, J., Busch, R. M. and R. R. West. 1990. Sequence stratigraphy and hierarchal modeling: The importance of scale. Invited Paper, Northeastern Sect. Mtg., Geol. Soc. America Abstracts with Program 22(2): 66.

  • Hutchinson, P. J., Rollins, H. B., and R. S. Prezant. 1992. Detection of xenophobic response in the periostracum of the bivalve Corbicula fluminea through laser induced mass spectrometry. Arch. Environmental Contamination and Toxicology.

  • Hutchinson, P. J., Rollins, H. B., Sharkey, A. G., Prezant, R. S., Kim, J. and D. M. Hercules. 1992. A freshwater bioprobe: Periostracum of the Asian clam Corbicula fluminea (Muller) combined with laser microprobe mass spectrometry. Environmental Pollution

  • McConaughy, M. A., Bade, M. J., Boydston, R., Jackson, C.V., King, F.B., Lax, E., Martin, T.J., Marsulis, M.C., Rollins, H.B., and F.J. Vento. 1993. Rench: A stratified site in the Central Illinois River valley. Reports of Investigations No. 49, Illinois State Museum, Springfield.

  • Kyshakevych, R. G., Rollins, H. B., and W. Harbert. 1994. Analysis of subannual growth increments in the mussel Lampsilis ovata using remote sensing image processing software: ER Mapper. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs 26(7): A57.

  • Yurko, M.L., Stafford, S.L., Stewart, B.W., Capo, R.C. and H. B. Rollins. 1998. Trace element and strontium isotope composition in freshwater mussels as a record of environmental change. Geol. Soc. America Abstracts with Program 30(7): A182.

  • Harper, J. A. and H. B. Rollins. 2000. The bellerophont controversy revisited. American Malacological Bulletin 15(2): 147-156.