William M. Furnish

{{short description|American paleontologist}}

William Madison Furnish (August 17, 1912, in Tipton, Iowa – November 9, 2007) was an American paleontologist. He taught at the University of Iowa.

In 1938, he described the conodont genus Acanthodus from the Prairie du Chien (Lower Ordovician) beds of the upper Mississippi valley.Conodonts from the Prairie du Chien (Lower Ordovician) beds of the upper Mississippi valley. WM Furnish, Journal of Paleontology, volume 12, No. 4, July 1938, pages 318-340 ([https://www.jstor.org/stable/1298580 Stable URL])

In 1964, with Carl B. Rexroad, he described the conodont genus Hindeodus from the Pella Formation (Mississippian) of South-Central Iowa.Conodonts from the Pella Formation (Mississippian), South-Central Iowa. Carl B. Rexroad and W. M. Furnish, Journal of Paleontology, Vol. 38, No. 4 (Jul., 1964), pages 667-676 ([https://www.jstor.org/stable/1301445 Stable URL], retrieved 07 June 2016)