The literature on Triassic, Jurassic and earliest Cretaceous dinoflagellate cysts: supplement five

Abstract

Since the publication of five literature compilations issued between 2012 and 2020, 63 further published contributions on Triassic, Jurassic and earliest Cretaceous (Berriasian) dinoflagellate cysts have been discovered, or were issued in the last 14 months (i.e. between February 2019 and March 2020). These studies are on North Africa, Southern Africa, East Arctic, West Arctic, east and west sub-Arctic Canada, China and Japan, East Europe, West Europe, the Middle East, and sub-Arctic Russia west of the Ural Mountains, plus multi-region studies and items with no geographical focus. The single-region studies are mostly focused on Africa, the Arctic, Europe and the Middle East. All the 63 publications are listed herein with doi numbers where applicable, and a description of each item as a string of keywords.

Keywords:

• dinoflagellate cysts
• earliest Cretaceous (Berriasian)
• Jurassic
• literature compilation and analysis
• Triassic
• worldwide

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Acknowledgements

This paper is respectfully dedicated to the memory of Keith Allen (Bristol, UK; 1935–2018), Bernard Owens (Nottingham, UK; 1938–2019), Blanka Pacltová (Czech Republic; 1928–2019); Randall A. Penney (Oman; 1951–2019), Pavlína Snopková (Slovakia; 1932–2019) and Marco Tongiorgi (Pisa, Italy; 1934–2019), six highly distinguished palynologists who very sadly passed away recently. The constructive and perceptive comments from two reviewers significantly improved this contribution. This paper is published with the approval of the Executive Director, British Geological Survey (NERC).

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James B. Riding

JAMES B. RIDING is a geologist/palynologist working at the British Geological Survey (BGS) in Nottingham, UK. He undertook the MSc in palynology at the University of Sheffield and, several years later, Jim was awarded a PhD by the same institution. During 2004, Jim gained a DSc from the University of Leicester, where he did his Bachelor’s degree in geology. His interests include the Mesozoic–Cenozoic palynology of the world, palaeoenvironmental palynology, palynomorph floral provinces, forensic palynology, palynomorph preparation techniques, the history of palynology, and the morphology, systematics and taxonomy of dinoflagellate cysts. Jim is a past Director-at-Large and President of AASP – The Palynological Society, and became Managing Editor in 2004.