Dr. Shya Chitaley – Research Publications

Curator of Paleobotany

1949. On a new species of Dadoxylon, Dadoxylon chandaensis, sp., nov.  the District of Chanda, C. P.  J. Ind. Bot. Soc., 28:172-180.

1949. On a new species of Dadoxylon, Dadoxylon eocenum, sp. nov. From the District of Chhindwara, C. P.India.  J. Ind. Bot. Soc., 28:227-237.

1950. Fossil flower from the Mohgaonkalan beds of Chhindwara, C. P. India.  Sci. & Cult., Calcutta 15:446-447

1950a. Central Provinces, Mohgaonkalan, Chhindwara District: Microflora of the Deccan Intertrappean cherts: in Palaeobotany in India VII.  J. Ind. Bot Soc., 29:30.

1951. Fossil Microflora of Mohgaonkalan beds of the Madhya Pradesh, India.  Proc. Nat. Inst. Sci. India, 17:373-383.

1954. (Issued in 1956) On a fructification from the intertrappean flora of the Madhya Pradesh, India.  Palaeobotanist Lucknow, 3:9-17.

1955. Contribution to the knowledge of the Deccan Intertrappean  flora of India.  Thesis submitted for Ph.D degree at the University of Reading, England.

1955a. A further contribution to the knowledge of Sahnianthus.  J. Ind. Bot. Soc., 34:121-129.

1956. (Issued in 1958). On fructification of Tricoccites trigonum Rode, Palaeobotanist Lucknow, 5:2,56-63.

1957. Comparison of fruits from the Deccan Intertrappean rocks of India with those of the London Clay of England.  Proc. 44th Ind. Sci. Cong.

1957. Further report on the fossil microflora from the Mohgaonkalan beds.  Proc. Nat. Inst. Sci., 23:2, 69-79.

1958. Seeds of Viracarpon hexaspermum Sahni from the Intertrappean Beds of Mohgaonkalan, India. J. Ind. Bot. Soc., 37:408-411.

1959 Therapeutic Aspects of Paleobotany, IX International Botanical Cong. Aug 19 -29, Montreal.

1959. Palaeobotany and Medicine.  The Eastern Pharmacist.  2:(16), 13-14.

1960. A new specimen of Nipa fruit from Mohgaon cherts.  Nature 186:495

1960a. Nipa fruit from the Deccan Intertrappeans of India.  Bull. Bot. Soc. College Science, Nagpur, 1:1, 31-35.

1961. Therapeutical importance of plants of By-Gone Ages. Proc. Symposium, Production and Utilization of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants in India, 27.

1962. Synopsis of the Literature on the Deccan Intertrappean Flora of India published during 1928-1960.  Nagpur Times Publication, 1-68.

1962a. On the plant fossils and fossiliferous locality at Mohgaonkalan (India).  Bull. Bot. Soc. Coll. Sci.   Nagpur, 3:15-21.

1962b. Roots with aerenchyma.  Current Science, 31:387.

1962c.  A fossil wood of Rutaceae from Deccan Intertrappean beds of India.  Proc. Raj. Acad. Sci., 9:Pt. II, 31-34.

1963. Therapeutic importance of Plant Fossils.  Bull. RRL., 1, No. 2, 83-84.

1964. Botanical Megaslides with stabilized colours.  Abst. X, International Bot. Congress, Edinburgh, 351-352.

1964a. Further observations on Sahnipushpam.  J. Ind. Bot. Soc., 43:69-74. 

1964b. New technique of preparing specimens for herbarium.  Science and Culture, 30:341.

1965. An improved method of mounting fossil sections.  Annals of Botany, N. S. 29, 114, 225-227.

1966. Herbarium specimens in colour and slide.  Invention and Intelligence, 2:5-7.

1967. Preservation of natural colours in pollen and spores - A new technique and its utility.  Bull. Palynol. India, 2 & 3.:99-100.

1967a. Preservation of Gnetum material in colour.  Curr. Sci.,35:17,444.

1968. On Aerorhizos harrisii Gen. et sp. nov. from India.  J. Ind. Bot. Soc., 67:7-12.
     
1968a. (Issued in 1969) Sonneratiorhizos raoi, Gen. et sp. nov. from the Deccan Intertrappean beds of India.  Palaeobotanist Lucknow, 17:244-246.

1968b. A new method of pollen preparation. J. Palynol.  Lucknow, 5:129- 131.  (With S. U. Deshpande).

1969. Anatomical studies of fossil fruit of Nypa, Symposium on Recent advances in anatomy of seed plants, Aligarh, Monograph - Recent  Advances in the Anatomy of Tropical Seed Plants -Delhi. 235-248. (With E. M. V. Nambudiri).

1969a. Sapindoxylon chhindwarensis, sp. nov. A fossil dicot wood from Deccan Intertrappean beds of India.  J. Ind. Bot. Soc., 48:39-43.  (With L.J. Shallom).

1969b. On a new technique for permanent preparations of fossil microflora. J. Palynol.  Lucknow, 5:132-138. (With M. Z. Patel).

1969c. Viracarpon sahnii, sp. nov. from the Deccan Intertrappean beds of Mahurzari, India.  J. Sen Memorial Volume Calcutta, 331-334. (With L. J. Shallom and V. Mehta).

1969d. Anatomical studies of petrified Nypa fruits from the Deccan Intertrappean  beds of India.  Proc. 11th Int. Bot. Congr., Seattle, 32.  (With E. M. V. Nambudiri). 

1969. A new method of pollen preparation.

1969e. A new technique for preparing permanent stained microslides. Proc. 11th Int. Bot. Congr., Seattle, 32.  (With D. V. Chitaley).

1969f. (Issued in 1970)  Further contribution to the knowledge of Dicotylirhizos sahnii Rao.  Palaeobotanist Lucknow, 18:151-153. (With M. T. Sheikh).

1970. A petrified leaf from the Deccan Intertrappean beds of India.  J. Bom. Bio. Soc., 13(2):30-36.  (With G. V. Patil).

1970a. Pollen physiological studies in Carica papaya. The Botanique Nagpur, 1:15-21.  (With S. U. Deshpande).

1970b. A petrified monocot leaf from the Deccan Intertrappean cherts of India.  The Botanique Nagpur, 1:47-48.  (With M. Z. Patel).

1970c. Zizyphus intertrappea sp. nov. from the Deccan Intertrappean beds  of India.  Proc 57th Indian Aci. Congr: 210.  ( With S. A. Paradkar and P. S. Meshram).

1970. Further contribution to our knowledge of Dicotylirnizos sahnii  Roa.

1970d. (Issued in 1972), Palynology of Pomegranate (Punica granium L)  (J. Palynol.), 6:91-95. (With S. U. Deshpande).

1971. An infected grain from the Deccan Intertrappean cherts of Mohgaonkalan, India.  J. Indian Bot. Sci., 50:137-142.  (With M. T. Sheikh).

1971a. A dicotyledonous stem from the Deccan Intertrappean cherts of Mohgaonkalan, India.  J. Bom. Bio. Soc., 14(2):50-57.  (With M.Z. Patel).

1971b. Pollen physiological studies in Sesbania grandiflora (Poir). The Botanique Nagpur, 2:151-156.  (With S. D. Naik).

1971c. Reinvestigation of Shuklanthus superbum, Verma. The Botanique Nagpur, 2:41-49.  (With G. V. Patil).

1971d. Pollinia and pollen germination in Calotropis gigantea (Linn.). Proc. 58th Ind. Sci. Cong. 446.  (With A. A. Saoji).

1971e. (Issued in 1972), Surangea mohgaoense gen. et sp. nov. A pteridophytic fructification from the Deccan Intertrappean beds of  India.  Geophytology Lucknow, 1:123-126.  (With M. T. Sheikh.)

1971f. (Issued in 1973), Sahniocarpon harrisi, gen. et sp. nov. from the Deccan Intertrappean beds of India, Palaeobotanist Lucknow, Silver Jubilee Volume, 20(3):288-292.  (With G. V. Patil).

1971g. (Issued in 1973), Rodeites Sahni - Reinvestigated - II. Palaeobotanist Lucknow, Silver Jubilee Volume, 20(3):293-296. (With S. A. Paradkar).

1971h. (Issued in 1973), A ten locular petrified fruit from the Deccan Intertrappean series of India.  Palaeobotanist Lucknow, 20(3):297-299.  (With M. T. Sheikh).

1971i. An Ebenaceous fossil wood with deuteromycetous fungus from the Deccan Intertrappean beds of Mohgaonkalan, India.  The Botanique Nagpur, 3:99-105 (With G. V. Patil).

1972. Rodeites, Sahni - Reinvestigated - I. J. Linn.  Soc. London, 65:109-117.  (With S. A. Paradkar).

1972a. Palynological studies in Bauhinia variegata, The Botanique Nagpur, 3:27-34. (With A. A. Saoji).

1972b. A Petrified Rhamnaceous wood from the Deccan Intertrappean beds of Mohgaonkalan.  The Botanique Nagpur, 3:41-44.  (With U. R. Kate).

1972c. (Issued in 1974), Deccananthu savitrii, a new petrified flower from the Intertrappean beds of India.  Palaeobotanist Lucknow 21(3):317-320.

1972d. Microflora of Intertrappean and Lameta formation of India. Symposium Palaeopalynology and Indian Stratigraphy Calcutta, 212-219.  (With M. Z. Patel).

1972e. Screening of Datura, Ricinus, Bauhinia and Nerium, pollen grains for free amino acids.  The Botanique Nagpur, 3:125-128.  (With A. A. Saoji).

1972f. (Issued in 1974), Palaeogene angiosperms of India (excepting Woods).  Aspects and Appraisal of Indian Palaeobotany: 321-331.

1973. Harrisocarpon sahnii gen. et sp. nov. from the Deccan Intertrappean beds of Mohgaonkalan.  District Chhindwara, India. Geophytology Lucknow, 3:36-41.  (With E. M. V. Nambudiri).

1973a. Study of airspora of Nagpur at high altitudes - I.  A preliminary report, The Botanique Nagpur, 4:27-34.  (With A. Bajaj).

1973b. Harrisostrobus intertrappeum gen. et sp. nov. a petrified gymnospermous cone from the Deccan Intertrappean beds of India.  Palaeontographica, 144 Abt (B):25-30 Stuttgart.  (With M.T. Sheikh).

1973c. Effect of stigma and its extract on pollen germination.  Jap. Journ. Palynol., 11:15-18.  (With A. A. Saoji).

1974. On Notothylites nirulai gen et sp. nov., A petrified sporogonium from the Deccan Intertrappean beds of Mohgaonkalan, M. P. India. Proc. 61st Sci. Congr., 37.  (With N. R. Yawale).

1974a. An enigmatic fruit from the Deccan Intertrappean cherts of India, Proc. 61st Ind. Sci. Congr.,37-38.  (With M. Z. Patel).

1974b. Problem with Deccan Intertrappean plants (Paper presented at Symposium on “Advances in Plant Sciences”).  61st Ind. Sci. Congr.

1974c. Airspora of Nagpur at high altitudes II, The Botanique Nagpur, 5:48-52.  (With A. Bajaj).

1974d. (Issued in 1975), A petrified wood of Rutaceae from the Intertrappean beds of Mahurzari, India.  M. V. M. Patrika., 91(1&2):57-63.  (With N. V. Khubalkar).

1975. Enigmocarpon sahnii sp. nov. from Mohgaonkalan beds of India. Proc. 62nd Ind. Sci. Congr., 74 1975.  (With U. R. Kate).

1975a Krempocarpon aquatica gen. et. sp. nov.  A petrified fruit from the Deccan Intertrappeans of India.  Proc. 62nd Ind. Sci. Congr., 73.

1975.  Airspora of Nagpur at high altitude.  Botanique, Jan.

1975b. Raoanthus intertrappea - A new petrified flower from India. Palaeontographica, 153:141-149, Stuttgart.  (With M. Z. Patel).

1975c. Petrified pteridophytes from Mohgaonkalan, India.  Proc. 1st Geophyt. Conference. 19.  (With N. R. Yawale).

1975d. Petrifaction of Plants at Mohgaonkalan, India.  The Botanique Nagpur,6:239-242.

1975e. Placement of the Deccan Intertrappean plants in systematics. Proc 12th Internat. Bot Congr. Leningrad, 93.

1975f. Variables in botanical techniques. Proc. 12th Internat. Bot. Congr. Leningrad, 93.  (With D. V.  Chitaley).

1975g. Pollen calendar of Nagpur, 1st Indian Palynolo.  Congr., 13-14. (With S. U. Deshpande).

1975h. Form, structure and function in Intertrappean plants of Mohgaonkalan, India.  Proc. Symp. Sardar Patel University, 18.

1976. Fungal remains from the Deccan Intertrappean beds of Mohgaonkalan, India.  Proc. 63rd Ind. Sci. Songr., 52.  (With N.R. Yawale).

1976a. Germination and storage of pollinia in Calotropis gigantea (Linn) R BR. Ex. Ait.  The Botanique Nagpur, 55-62. (With A. A. Saoji).

1976b. (Issued in 1977), Fungal remains from the Deccan Intertrappean beds of Mohgaonkalan, India.  The Botanique Nagpur, 7:189-194. (With N. R. Yawale).

1976c.  Pollen calendar of Nagpur, India.  Review of Paleobot. & Palynol., 21:253-262.  (With S. U. Deshpande).

1976d. Airspora of Nagpur in relation to allergy, Abst. IV, Internat. Palynol. Congr., 33-34.

1976.  Airspora of Nagpur in relation to Allergy  Proc  IV  Int. Palynol. Conf. Lucknow,  1976-77, 3:436-441.

1976e. Fungal spores from the Deccan Intertrappeans of India, Abst. IV, Interna. Palynol. Congr., 34-35.
 
1977. Enigmocarpon sahnii sp. nov. from the Mohgaonkalan beds of India.  Review Palaebot. & Palynol., 23:389-398.  (With U. R. Kate).

1977a. Petrified sporocarps of salviniaceae. Curr. Sci., 46:25.

1977b. Enigmocarpon parijai and its allies. Prof. P. Parija Felicitation Vol. 17, Frontiers of Sciences, 420-429.

1977c. (Issued in 1978), Petrified Pteridophytes from Mohgaonkalan, India.  The Botanique Nagpur, 8:51-60.  (With N. R. Yawale).

1978. Fungal spores from the Deccan Intertrappean beds of Mohgaonkalan, India.  Proc. IV Int. Conf. Luckow (1976-1977), 1:305-311.

1978a. (Issued in 1980), On Notothylites nirulai gen. et sp. nov. A  petrified sporogonium from the Deccan Intertrappean beds of  Mohgaonkalan M. P. (India).  The Botanique Nagpur, 9:111-118. (With N. R. Yawale).

1980. Petrified fruits of India and the paleoenvironment.  Proc. Bot. 80, Vancouver, B. C. Abst., 22-23.

1981. Form Structure and Function in Deccan Intertrappean Plants. Symposium on form Structure and Function in Plants, Today and Tomorrow, New Delhi: 249-260.

1981a. Further observations on the petrified flowers from India.  Bot. Soc. America Misc. Ser., 160:42 (abstr.).

1982. A gymnospermous wood from the Cleveland Shale. Bot. Soc. America Misc. Ser., 162:56 (abstr.).

1982a. Preliminary report on some plants from the Cleveland Shale, Kirtlandia, 38:89-104. 

1983. Cones from the Cleveland Shale.  Bot. Soc. America and Canada, Misc. Ser., 164:68-69 (abstr.).

1984. Playing with pyrite. J. Ohio Acad. Sci., 84(2):8 (abstr.).

1984a. A new structurally preserved lycopsid cone from the Upper Devonian of Pennsylvania.  International Paleobotanical Conf., Edmonton, Canada, 7 (abstr.).  (With Scott McKenzie).

1985. A new technique for thin sections of pyritized permineralizations. Rev. Palaeobot. Palynol., 45:301-306. 

1985a. Further report on some plants from the Cleveland Shale.  Ohio J. Sci., 85:9 (abstr.).

1986. Some of the unique plants from the Cleveland Shale.  Fossil Quarterly, 4(3-4:16-22.

1987b. A preliminary report on the microflora of the Cleveland Shale. Ohio.  Palynology 11: 221.  Program and Abstracts: 4 (With E. Golombek).

1987. A permineralized lycoposid axis from the Upper Devonian of Pennsylvania. Bot Soc. America, 695 (abstr.).

1987a. Revision of sahniocarpon harrisii Chitaley and Patil based on new specimens from the Deccan Intertrappean beds of India.  Great Basin Naturlaist, 47:527-535.  (With E. M. V. Nambudiri and W.D. Tidwell)

1988. The wood Callixylon from the Late Devonian of Ohio, U.S.A.  Re. Paleobot. Palynol., 53:349-357.

1988a. A lycopod tree from the Late Devonian Shale of Cleveland, Ohio U.S.A.  3rd Int. IOP Conference, Melbourne, 5 (abstr).

1988b. Bisporangiostrobus harrisii gen. et sp. nov., an eligulate lycopsid cone with Duosporites megaspores and Geminospora microspores from the Upper Devonian of Pennsylvania, U.S.A. Palaeontographica Stuttgart, 210:4-6, 127-149.  (With D. C. McGregor).

1988c. Fossil Salvinia and Azolla from the Deccan Intertrappean series of  India.  3rd Int. IOP Conference, Melbourne, 1:19 (abstr).  (With  E. M. V. Nambudiri).

1989. Upper Devonian Lycopods of Northeast America.  28th International Geological Congress.  Washington, D. C., 1:284-285 (abstr).

1989a. A Lycopod axis from the Upper Devonian beds of Pennsylvania, U.S.A.  Plant Science research in India, (Prof . S. S. Bir CommemorationVolume), 633-641.

1989.  Report: 7th U.S. Mid-Continent Paleobotanical Colloquium, May 19-21,  1989  Cleveland, OH.

1989b. Arborescent Lycopods from the Upper Devonian beds of Northeast America.  Perspectives in Plant Sciences in India, 171-179.

1990. On the occurrence of Prototaxites in the Cleveland Black Shale of Ohio.  American Journal of Botany 77(6):38, (abstr).

1991. Fossil Salvinia and Azolla from the Deccan Intertrappean Beds of India.  Rev. Paleobot. Palynol., 69:325-336.

1991a. On the occurrence of a “Polystelic” axis from the Black Shale of Cleveland, Ohio.  American Journal of Botany 78, (6):109  (abstr).

1991b.  Lost Aquatic World.  Explorer, Winter 1991. 8-10

1992. On the occurrence of Lycopod cones in the Upper Devonian Black  Shale of Ohio, U.S.A.  OFP Information Special No. 16-B, Paris, 42 (abstr).

1992a. On the occurrence of Prototaxites in the Cleveland Black Shale of Ohio, U.S.A.  Rev. Paleobot. Palynol., 72:257-271.

1992b. A review of some Late Devonian lycopods from North-Central United States.  In: Venkatachala B. S., Jain, K. P. And Awasthi N. (eds.) -- Proc. Birbal Sahni Birth Centenary Palaeobotanical Conference. Geophytoloy, 22:73-81.

1993. Arborescence and Heterospory in the Late Devonian Pteridophytes of North-Central United States.  XV Int. Bot. Cong., Yokohama, Japan (abstract).

1993a. Flower Remains from the Late Cretaceous of India and their Significance in Evolution.  XV Int. Bot. Cong., Yokohama, Japan.  (abstract).

1994. On the Occurrence of Protosalvinia Dawson from the Upper Devonian Black Shale of Ohio.  American Journal of Botany, 8:(6)90 (abstract).
                             
1995. Evolutionary Significance of the Late Devonian Lycopods of the Central North America.  Proceeding of the International  Conference of Diversification and Evolution of Terrestrial Plants  in Geological Time.  Nanjing 3-4 and Plate I (abstract).

1996. “Clevelandodendron ohioensis, gen. et sp. nov., a slender upright lycopsid from the Late Devonian Cleveland Shale of Ohio.”  American Journal of Botany, vol. 83(6)781-789.  (With Kathleen B. Pigg).

1996a. Anatomy of Nypa fruits reviewed from new specimens from the Deccan Intertrappean flora of India.”  Birbal Sahni Centenary Vol.  1995.  Allahabad, India.  Pp. 83-94.  (With E. M. V.Nambudiri).

1996b. Cleveland Shale Plants and Their Environments.  I. O. P. C.-V, Santa Barbara, CA. USA.  Abstract, p. 17.

1996c. A Permineralized Moss Sporophyte from the Upper Cretaceous Deccan Intertrappeans of India.  I. O. P. C. -V, Santa Barbara, CA, USA.  Abstract, p. 74.  (With E.M.V. Nambudiri).

1996d. (Issued in 1997) Evolutionary significance of the Late Devonian lycopsids of the North Central America.  Palaeobotanist 45:217-223.
    
1997. Studies on some Permineralized Lycopsid remains from Upper Devonian of North Xinjiang, NW China. AIBS Meeting at Montreal, Quebec, Canada.  Abstract, p. 130.  (With Chongyang Cai).

1997a. A Herbaceous Lycopsid recovered from the Upper Devonian Cleveland Shale of Ohio, USA.  AIBS Meeting at Montreal, Quebec, Canada.  Abstract, p. 131-132.  (With Chen-Sen LI).

1998. Bennetticarpus yezoites sp. nov. (Bennettitales) from the Upper Cretaceous of Hokkaido, Japan.  Paleontological Research, 2(2)108-119.  (With Tamiko Ohana and Tatsuaki Kimura).

1998a. Wax Technique to Conserve Crumbling Plant and Fossils and Mammoth Bones.  Proc. Polish Acad. Sci. Krakow: 127-133.  (with Tamiko Ohana and Tatsuaki Kimwa).

1998b. Investigation of the Lycopsid Strobilus from the Late Devonian Cleveland Shale of Ohio, U.S.A.  Proc. 31st Annual Meeting AASP, Ensenada, Baja, California, Mexico.  Abstract, p. 11.

1999. A permineralized wood of a new Archaeopteris tree from the Late Devonian Cleveland Shale of Ohio. Ohio J. Sci., 99(1): abstract p.  24.

1999a. Keraocarpon gen. Nov. Magnolealean fruits from the Upper Cretaceous of Hokkaido, Japan (with Tamiko Ohana & Talsuaki Kimur) Paleontological Research, Vol 3, N4 : 294-302 December 1999.

2000. Lycopsids from the Late Devonian Cleveland Shale of Ohio. The Cleveland Museum of Natural History, 1 Wade Oval, University Circle, Cleveland, OH 44106-1767. The Ohio Journal of Science 100 (1) 9:45 Abstract 31 March-April 1-2, 2000.

2001. Permineralized Callixylon woods from the Late Devonian Cleveland Shale of Ohio, USA and that of Kettle Point, Ontario Canada (Chongyang Cai). Rev. Paleobot.  Palynol. 114 (2001) 127-144.

2001a. Spores from within the Late Devonian Lycopsid Cones of Ohio, USA and from the matrix around the cones (Shya Chitaley and  Wilmer Stowe). The Cleveland Museum of Natural History, 1 Wade Oval, University Circle, Cleveland, OH 44106-1767. Abstract; The Botanical Soc. of America. August 2001.

2002. Algal cysts of the Late Devonian Cleveland Shale of Ohio, USA. Wilmer C. Stowe & Shya Chitaley. The Cleveland Museum of  Natural History. I Wade Oval,  University Circle, Cleveland, OH 44016-1767. Abstract; The Ohio Journal of Science 5-7 April, 2002 102 (1) 9:15.

2002a. The Late Devonian Forest of Ohio, USA. The Cleveland Museum of Natural History. One Wade Oval, University Circle, Cleveland, OH 44106-1767. 6th European Paleobotany-Palynology Conference. Aug. 29 - Sept. 2nd, 2002. Athens, Greece. Abstract.

2002b. Studies of some permineralized lycopsid remains from the Upper Devonian of North Xinjiang, NW China. Cai Chongyang, Shya Chitaley, and Yewei Dou. Palaeontographica Beitrage zur Naturgeschichte der Vorzeit. Stuttgart, Oktober 2002. pp. 119-136  plus 10 plates.

2003. Lycopsid strobili and an early relation of the Genus Isoetes from the Late Devonian Cleveland Shale of Ohio USA. Shya Chitaley. National Conference of recent advances in Botany. J.M. Patel College Bhandara. 28-29 January 2003.

2003.  A new species of Lepidostrobus from the Upper Devonian  Xinjiang, China and it’s bearing on the phylogenetic significance on the Order Isoeteles.  Q.I. Wang, Cheng-Sen Li, Bao-Yin Geng and Shya Chitaley.  The Linnean Society of London, Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, April 2003, 143, **-** with 20 figures.  

2003a. The Oldest Native Forest of Ohio, USA. On the Fringe, J. Native Plant Society of Northeastern Ohio. Vol 21, no., 4-6, December 2003.

2004. Preliminary analysis of the Paleoflora of the Doan Brook exposures of the Upper Devonian Ohio Black Shale.  113th Annual Meeting of the Ohio Academy of Science, Youngstown, Ohio, April 2004.  (Wilmer C. Stowe & Shya Chitaley).

2004a. Smeadia Clevelandensi, gen. et sp. nov. from the Upper Devonian Cleveland Shale of Ohio, U.S.A.  Shya Chitaley and Cheng-Sen Li. Palaeontographica Beitrage Zur Naturgeschichte Der Vorzeit  Stuttgart, Band 268:75-92, with 10 plates, 5 text-figures and 1 table.

2004b. Krempogonium mohgaoensis gen. et, nov., A permineralized bryophyte from the Deccan Intertrappean beds (Upper Cretaceous) of India. E. M. V. Nambudiri, Shya Chitaley & N. R. Yawale.  Vistas in Paleobotany and Plant Morphology; Evolutionary and Environmental Perspectives.  Professor D. D. Pant Memorial Volume P. C. Srivastava (ed.) 2004; 171-178 U. P. Offset Lucknow, India.

2004c. A permineralized fern rhizome with roots from the Upper Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) Deccan Intertrappean beds of India.  E. M. V. Nambudiri & Shya Chitaley.  Vistas in Paleobotany and Plant Morphology; Evolutionary and Environmental Perspectives.  Professor D. D. Pant Memorial  Volume P. C. Srivastava (ed.) 2004; 179-187 U. P. Offset Lucknow, India.

2006.  The Club Moss Forest of the Late Devonian. Explorer Magazine, Summer 2006.