Romayne Skartvedt

Romayne Skartvedt is best known as the coauthor of Field Book: Pennsylvanian Plant Fossils of Illinois, published in 1960 with Charles Collinson for the Illinois State Geological Survey. The book was designed as a practical guide for newcomers, introducing readers to fossil collecting and the broad classification of ancient plant life found in Illinois.

Available records suggest she was also known as Muriel Romayne “Romayne” Skartvedt-West and lived from 1916 to 1990. Beyond that, reliable biographical details are limited in the sources I could confirm, so it is safest to remember her through the clear, helpful work she left behind for students, hobbyists, and natural history readers.