Plant Palaeobiology Research Group

Research output

Research output per year 1974 1985 1991 1993 1994 2000 2004 2007 2009 2010 2021

• 275 Article
• 38 Chapter
• 10 Literature review
• 9 Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary
• 26 More
  • 8 Editorial
  • 6 Letter
  • 5 Scholarly edition
  • 3 Doctoral Thesis
  • 2 Comment/debate
  • 1 Chapter (peer-reviewed)
  • 1 Review article

Research output per year

Research output per year

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• 2021

  A tale of two morphs: developmental patterns and mechanisms of seed coat differentiation in the dimorphic diaspore model Aethionema arabicum (Brassicaceae)

  Arshad, W., Lenser, T., Wilhelmsson, P., Chandler, J., Steinbrecher, T., Marone, F., Perez Suarez, M., Collinson, M., Stuppy, W., Rensing, S., Theißen, G. & Leubner-Metzger, G., Jul 2021, In: Plant Journal. 107, 1, p. 166-181 16 p.

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• Climate–vegetation models bring fossil forests back to life

  Falcon-Lang, H., 2 Nov 2021, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 118, 4, e2116733118.

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• The environmental implications of upper Paleozoic plant-fossil assemblages with mixtures of wetland and drought-tolerant taxa in tropical Pangea

  Bashforth, A. R., Dimichele, W. A., Eble, C. F., Falcon-Lang, H., Looy, C. V. & Lucas, S. G., 12 May 2021, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Geobios.

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• 2020

  Fracture of the dimorphic fruits of Aethionema arabicum (Brassicaceae)

  Arshad, W., Marone, F., Collinson, M., Leubner-Metzger, G. & Steinbrecher, T., Jan 2020, In: Botany. 98, p. 65-75 11 p.

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• Uplands, lowlands, and climate: Taphonomic megabiases and the apparent rise of a xeromorphic, drought-tolerant flora during the Pennsylvanian-Permian transition

  DiMichele, W. A., Bashforth, A. R., Falcon-Lang, H. J. & Lucas, S. G., 1 Dec 2020, In: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 559, 30 p., 109965.

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• 2019

  A biography and obituary of William G. Chaloner 1 FRS (1928–2016)

  Riding, J. B., Scott, A. & Collinson, M., 22 Feb 2019, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Palynology. p. 1-40 40 p.

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• A note on the charring of spores and implications for coal petrographic analysis and maceral nomenclature

  Scott, A. C. & Collinson, M., 4 Dec 2019, (E-pub ahead of print) In: International Journal of Coal Geology. 103361.

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• Heterogeneity of free and occluded bitumen in a natural maturity sequence from Oligocene Lake Enspel

  Illing, C. J., Hallmann, C., Scott, A., Collinson, M., Briggs, D. E. G., Strauss, H. & Summons, R. E., 15 Jan 2019, In: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 245, p. 240-265 26 p.

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• Localities Explained 22. South Devon, UK

  Falcon-Lang, H., 26 Mar 2019, In: Geology Today. 35, 2, p. 73-80 8 p.

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• 2018

  High temperatures in the terrestrial mid-latitudes during the early Palaeogene

  Naafs, B. D. A., Rohrssen, M., Inglis, G. N., Lähteenoja, O., Feakins, S. J., Collinson, M., Kennedy, E. M., Singh, P. K., Singh, M. P., Lunt, D. J. & Pancost, R. D., 30 Jul 2018, In: Nature Geoscience. 11, p. 766-771 6 p.

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• 2016

  A eukaryote assemblage intercalated with Marinoan glacial deposits in South Australia

  le Heron, D., Alderton, D., Collinson, M., Grassineau, N., Dan, S. & Trundley, A. E., May 2016, In: Journal of the Geological Society. 173, 3, p. 560-568 9 p.

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• Coupling of marine and continetal oxygen isotope records during the Eocene-Oligocene transition

  Sheldon, N., Grimes, S., Hooker, J., Collinson, M., Bugler, M. J., Hren, M., Price, G. & Sutton, P. A., 1 Mar 2016, In: Geological Society of America Bulletin. 128, 3-4, p. 502-510 9 p.

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• Fossil plant stomata indicate decreasing atmospheric CO2 prior to the Eocene-Oligocene boundary

  Steinthorsdottir, M., Porter, A., Holohan, A., Kunzmann, L., Collinson, M. & McElwain, J., 25 Feb 2016, In: Climate of the Past. 12, 2, p. 439-454 16 p.

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• Polyfunctionalised bio- and geohopanoids in the Eocene Cobham Lignite

  Talbot, H. M., Bischoff, J., Inglis, G., Collinson, M. & Pancost, R., Jun 2016, In: Organic Geochemistry. 96, p. 77-92 16 p.

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• Revision of Icacinaceae from the Early Eocene London Clay flora based on X-ray micro-CT

  Stull, G. W. & Collinson, M., Sept 2016, In: Botany. 94, 9, p. 713-745 33 p.

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• Species diversity driven by morphological and ecological disparity: a case study of comparative seed morphology and anatomy across a large monocot order

  Benedict, J., Smith, S. Y., Specht, C. & Collinson, M., 26 Oct 2016, In: AoB Plants. 8, 1, p. 1-27 27 p., plw063.

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• The oldest Pinus and its preservation by fire

  Falcon-Lang, H., Mages, V. & Collinson, M., 1 Apr 2016, In: Geology. 44, 4, p. 303-306 4 p.

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• X-ray micro-computed tomography (micro-CT) of pyrite-permineralized fruits and seeds from the London Clay Formation (Ypresian) conserved in silicone oil: a critical evaluation

  Collinson, M., Sept 2016, In: Botany. 94, 9, p. 697-711 15 p.

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• X-rays and virtual taphonomy resolve the first Cissus (Vitaceae) macrofossils from Africa as early-diverging members of the genus

  Adams, N., Collinson, M., Smith, S. Y., Bamford, M. K., Forest, F., Malakasi, P., Marone, F. & Sykes, D., Sept 2016, In: American Journal of Botany. 103, 9, p. 1657-1677 21 p.

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• 2015

  Early Paleogene wildfires in peat-forming environments at Schöningen, Germany.

  Robson, B., Collinson, M., Riegel, W., Wilde, V., Scott, A. & Pancost, R., 1 Nov 2015, In: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 437, p. 53-62 10 p.

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• Ecological and biogeochemical changes in an early Paleogene peat-forming environment: Linking biomarkers and palynology

  Inglis, G., Collinson, M., Riegel, W., Wilde, V., Robson, B., Olaf, L. & Pancost, R., 15 Nov 2015, In: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 438, p. 245-255 11 p.

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• Evolutionary significance of seed structure in Alpinioideae (Zingiberaceae).

  Benedict, J., Smith, S., Collinson, M., LEONG- ŠKORNIČKOVÁ, J., Specht, C., Fife, J., Marone, F., Xiao, X. & Parkinson, D., 1 Jul 2015, In: BOTANICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY. 178, 3, p. 441-466 26 p.

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• Revision of putative Alpinia (Zingiberaceae) fossils from the Paleogene and Neogene of western Europe

  Smith, S. Y., Collinson, M., Benedict, J., LEONG- ŠKORNIČKOVÁ, J., Marone, F. & Parkinson, D., 18 Dec 2015, In: Palaeontographica B. 293, 1-6, p. 101-123 23 p.

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• Seed morphology and anatomy and its utility in recognizing subfamilies and tribes of Zingiberaceae

  Benedict, J., Smith, S. Y., Collinson, M., LEONG- ŠKORNIČKOVÁ, J., Specht, C., Marone, F., Xiao, X. & Parkinson, D., Nov 2015, In: American Journal of Botany. 102, 11, p. 1814-1841 28 p.

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• 2014

  A paleogeographic model for the sandstone members of the Imo Shale, south-eastern Nigeria

  Ekwenye, O., Nichols, G., Collinson, M., Nwajide, C. S. & Obi, G. C., 2014, In: Journal of African Earth Sciences, . 96, p. 190-211

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• A record of fire through the Early Eocene.

  Robson, B., Collinson, M. & Scott, A., 2014, In: Rendiconti Online Societa Geologica Italiana.

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• Fossil woods (Malvaceae) from the lower Miocene (early to mid-Burdigalian) part of the Cucaracha Formation of Panama (Central America) and their biogeographic implications.

  Rodriguez-Reyes, O., Falcon-Lang, H., Gasson, P., Collinson, M. & Jaramillo, C., 2014, In: Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. 209, p. 11-34

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• Lygodium hians E. Fournier (Pteridophyta, Schizaeales) – an endemic unusual ground-clothing member of a modern climbing fern genus in New Caledonia.

  Page, C., Collinson, M. & van Konijnenburg-van Cittert, H., 2014, In: Adansonia, ser. 3. 36, p. 21-43

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• Plants and floral change at the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary: Three decades on.

  Spicer, R. & Collinson, M., 2014, In: Geological Society of America Special Paper . 505

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• The flora of the Insect Limestone (latest Eocene) from the Isle of Wight, southern England

  Collinson, M. & Hayes, P., 2014, In: Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, . 104, p. 1-17

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• 2013

  Did fire play a role in formation of dinosaur-rich deposits? An example from the Late Cretaceous of Canada

  Brown, S. A. E., Collinson, M. E. & Scott, A. C., Sept 2013, In: Palaeobiodiversity and palaeoenvironments. 93, 3, p. 317-326 10 p.

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• New observations and synthesis of Paleogene heterosporous water ferns

  Collinson, M., Smith, S., van Konijnenburg-van Cittert, H., Batten, D., van der Burgh, J., Barke, J. & Marone, F., 2013, In: International Journal of Plant Sciences . 174, p. 350-363

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• Terrestrial cooling in Northern Europe during the Eocene-Oligocene transtion.

  Hren, M., Sheldon, N., Grimes, S., Collinson, M., Hooker, J., Bugler, M. & Lohmann, K. C., 2013, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.

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• The freshwater fern Azolla (Azollaceae) from Eocene Arctic and Nordic Sea sediments : new species and their stratigraphic distribution.

  van der Burgh, J., Collinson, M., van Konijnenburg-van Cittert, H., Barke, J. & Brinkhuis, H., 2013, In: Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. 194, p. 50-68

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• Une curieux microfossile de la Molass oligocene de Suisse occidentale et de Haute-Savoie (France).

  Collinson, M., Berger, J-P. & Weidmann, M., 2013, In: Swiss Journal of Geoscience .

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• 2012

  Coeval Eocene blooms of the freshwater fern Azolla in and around Arctic and Nordic seas

  Barke, J., van der Burgh, J., van Konijnenburg-van Cittert, H., Collinson, M., Pearce, M., Bujak, J., Heilmann-Clausen, C., Speelman, E., van Kempen, M., Reichart, G-J., Lotter, A. & Brinkhuis, H., 2012, (Accepted/In press) In: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology.

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• Evaluating the extent to which wildfire history can be interpreted from inertinite distribution in coal pillars: An example from the Late Permian, Kuznetsk Basin, Russia

  Hudspith, V., Scott, A. C., Collinson, M. E., Pronina, N. & Beeley, T., 2012, In: International Journal of Coal Geology. p. 13-25

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• Evolutionary stasis of sporopollenin biochemistry revealed by unaltered pennsylvanian spores

  Fraser, W. T., Scott, A. C., Forbes, A. E. S., Glasspool, I. J., Plotnick, R. E., Kenig, F. & Lomax, B. H., 1 Oct 2012, In: New Phytologist. 196, 2, p. 397-401 5 p.

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• Fruits and seeds of the Middle Eocene Messel biota, Germany

  Collinson, M., Manchester, S. & Wilde, V., 2012, (Accepted/In press) In: Abhandlungen der Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung . 57X, p. 1-249

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• Inconsistent redefining of the carbon spherule “impact” proxy

  Hardiman, M., Scott, A. C., Collinson, M. & Anderson, R. S., 2012, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 109, 34, E2244, 1 p.

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• The ultrastructure and botanical affinity of the problematic mid-Mesozoic palynomorph Ricciisporites tuberculatus Lundblad.

  Mander, L., Collinson, M., Chaloner, W. G., Brain, T. & Long, D. G., 2012, In: International Journal of Plant Sciences. 173, p. 1-13

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• 2011

  First multi-proxy record of Jurassic wildfires from Gondwana: Evidence from the Middle Jurassic of the Neuquen Basin, Argentina

  Marynowski, L., Scott, A. C., Zaton, M., Parent, H. & Garrido, A. C., 1 Jan 2011, In: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 299, 1-2, p. 129-136 8 p.

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• Megaspores and Microspores of the extant and Paleogene fern Regnellidium and Cretaceous Molaspora: Evolutionary and phytogeographic implications

  Batten, D., Collinson, M. & Brain, T., 2011, In: International Journal of Plant Sciences. 172, p. 1087-1100

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• Megaspores from the upper Maastrichtian of the eastern Spanish Pyrenees and their biostratigraphic, palaeogeographic and palaeoenvironmental significance.

  Batten, D., Zavattieri, A. M. & Collinson, M., 2011, In: Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. 167, p. 156-172

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• Molecular signature of chitin-protein complex in Paleozoic arthropods

  Cody, G. D., Gupta, N. S., Briggs, D. E. G., Kilcoyne, A. L. D., Summons, R. E., Kenig, F., Plotnick, R. E. & Scott, A. C., Mar 2011, In: Geology. 39, 3, p. 255-258 4 p.

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• The human dimension of fire regimes on Earth

  Bowman, D. M. J. S., Balch, J., Artaxo, P., Bond, W. J., Cochrane, M. A., D'Antonio, C. M., Defries, R., Johnston, F. H., Keeley, J. E., Krawchuk, M. A., Kull, C. A., Mack, M., Moritz, M. A., Pyne, S., Roos, C. I., Scott, A. C., Sodhi, N. S. & Swetnam, T. W., 1 Dec 2011, In: Journal of Biogeography. 38, 12, p. 2223-2236 14 p.

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• Variability in oxidative degradation of charcoal: Influence of production conditions and environmental exposure

  Ascough, P. L., Bird, M. I., Francis, S. M., Thornton, B., Midwood, A. J., Scott, A. C. & Apperley, D., 1 May 2011, In: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 75, 9, p. 2361-2378 18 p.

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• 2010

  Ancient fig wasps indicate at least 34 Myr of stasis in their mutualism with fig trees

  Compton, S. G., Ball, A. D., Collinson, M. E., Hayes, P., Rasnitsyn, A. P. & Ross, A. J., 23 Dec 2010, In: Biology Letters. 6, 6, p. 838-842 5 p.

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• Biomarkers for methane cycling: From marine to terrestrial settings

  Pancost, R. D., Aquilina, A., Talbot, H. M., Lim, K., Evershed, R. P., Bull, I. D., Gill, F., Weijers, J., Collinson, M. E. & Taylor, K., Jun 2010, In: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 74, 12, p. A787-A787 1 p.

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• Changes in Dental Wear of Plagiolophus Minor (Mammalia: Perissodactyla) Across the Eocene-Oligocene Transition

  Joomun, S. C., Hooker, J. J. & Collinson, M. E., 2010, In: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 30, 2, p. 563-576 14 p.

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