Foraminifera - Microvertebrates - Nannofossils - Ostracods - Palynology - Silicofossils General Micropalaeontology - General Palaeontology - Geological Sciences - Museums & Repositories Societies - Universities - Courses - Publishers - Equipment - Jobs - Past meetings Blogs “The Curator of Micropalaeontology’s Blog” (written by Giles Miller) is designed for non-specialists so assumes no knowledge of micropalaeontology. However, it does give up to date information on what is happening in micropalaeontological collections management at the NHM and aims to highlight the relevance of the collections and their potential uses. Foraminifera See Foraminifera Group Links Microvertebrates Conodont collection database - Collections held at the NHM, London. The Pander Society -list of conodont workers and their research activities 3-D conodont model Conexus - conodont listserver Davidson's Ordovician conodont collection The Palaeozoic Microvertebrates Page- Palaeozoic stratigraphy and correlation A collection of Microvertebrate reconstructions by Mark Purnell A very basic introduction to conodont soft tissues and the function of elements also by by Mark Purnell Pander Society Symposium - March 20-22, 2006, Harrisburg, PA, USA. - Details in the Pander Society Newsletter (pdf, 332kb) First International Conodont Symposium (ICOS 2006) - July 12-30, 2006, Leicester, UK - details in the Pander Society Newsletter (pdf, 332kb) Nannofossils Nannotax - online Neogene Nannofossil database The Calcite Palace Living nannoplankton gallery - ETH Zurich International Nannoplankton Association Ostracods Ostracod images from the Lake Biwa museum EOM7, the European Ostracodologists' Meeting 2011 in Graz 15th International Symposium on Ostracoda - Downloadable powerpoint and pdfs from the 2005 conference IRGO-International Research Group on Ostracoda Arctic Ostracod database An Atlas of Southern Ocean Planktonic Ostracods - from the SOC CYPRIS ostracod newsletter The Ostracod Collections at the NHM, London NANODe - North American Non-marine Ostracode Database Palynology The DUXBURY (1983) database of Cretaceous Dinoflagellate Cysts American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists Plant Taphonomy Meetings Links for Palaeobotanists (with Ur Trias Bias)  University of Würzburg White Rose Palaeobiology Group Palynology at The University of Arizona, U.S.A. Palynology at The University of Calgary, Canada Palynology at Trinity College, Dublin Commission Internationale de Microflore du Paléozoique International Organisation of Palaeobotany Silicofossils See Silicofossil Group Pages General Micropalaeontology The PETRALGA (PErmian & TRiassic ALGAe) Project including a catalogue for the Dasycladales The Former British Petroleum Microfossil Collection - held at the NHM London, mainly forams The former Aberystwyth Microfossil Collection - searchable database of the research collections of Prof. R. Whatley and Prof. J. R. Haynes and their students. Held at the NHM, London, mainly forams and ostracods Fossil Prokaryotes and Protists: A Slide Set - a teaching aid for Micropalaeontology from the Cushman Foundation Applied Micropalaeontology at a Geological Survey - micropalaeontology at the Federal Institute for Geosciences and natural Resources, Hannover Preparation techniques for foraminiferal studies - how to wash a sample. Micropalaeontological sampling, processing and counting - a lesson for students (pdf) Recognition of microfossils in smeer slides - what do we see? General Palaeontology The PaleoNet Pages Geological Sciences IUGS : International Union of Geological Sciences IUGS - ICS: International Commission on Stratigraphy Earth Pages - Geological news and resources from Blackwell Publishing Museums & Repositories The Natural History Museum NHM online catalogue of the Aberystwyth Collection NHM online catalogue of the BP Collection National Museum of Natural History (Smithsonian) UCMP - microfossil type collection The Natural History Museum, London - Palaeontology Department The Geological Curators Group, The Geological Society ODP ODP microfossil reference centres Societies The Palaeontological Association Paleontological Society The Pander Society list of conodont workers Cushman Foundation for Foraminiferal Research The Geological Society American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists Commission Internationale de Microflore du Paléozoique Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists (SEPM) - Gulf Coast Section North American Micropal Section of SEPM The Grzybowski Foundation Dino Russ's Lair ODP database Palaeontographical Society Atlantic DSDP/ODP drill sites BSRG British Geological Survey DSDP/ODP Micropalaeontological Reference Centre Scripps Institution of Oceanography Courses MRes Micropalaeontology - University of Plymouth Micropalaeontology MSc - University College London and the Natural History Museum, London Online Biology Degree - a U.S. based website to help students find online degree courses. Universities Learning from the fossil record - eight lessons using microfossils Scripps Institution of Oceanography - University of California University College, London - Postgraduate Unit of Micropalaeontology University College, London - Environmental Change Research Centre University College, London - MIRACLE: Micropalaeontology teaching site University of Arizona, U.S.A. - Palynological Studies University of Calgary, Canada - Palynological Studies University of Durham, U.K. - Geography Department Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul - Brazilian ostracod studies Publishers Micropalaontology Press - including Ellis and Messina Catalogues Journal of Foraminiferal Research Journal of Micropalaeontology PaleoBios Palaeontographia Italica Elsevier's Microfossil Wall Chart Paleontologica Electronica Marine Micropalaeontology Amazon Springer (was Kluwer) Geological Society Bookshop Equipment Biotec Microslides Celka Microfossil slides Green Geological Equipment Pangea Ltd Polytungstates Europe Pyser-SGI Ltd - good source for graticules and all types of specialist microscope accesories, incluidng England Finders. Brunel Microscopes Ltd - source for microscopes, fieldscopes, hand lenses etc. FEMA Salzgitter - equipment for applied micropalaeontology P.A.S.I. - cell slides, geophysics and monitoring instruments and software Krantz - excellent range of geological, mineralogical, palaeontological and educational equipment and resources Jobs Postdoctoral fellowship in environmental micropaleontology - Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo, Norway (deadline 1st April) GEUS - vacant positions for Micropalaeontologists and Palynologists (posted 3rd March 2008) Earthworks Jobs - latest jobs in energy, oil, mining, geoscience, environmental, agriculture, forestry, ecology, meteorology, oceanography, hydrology, soil, GIS and related subjects. Past Meetings 2009 March 15th - 18th - NAMS Geologic Problem Solving with Microfossils II, Houston, Texas (1st Circular, MS Word doc 56kb) June 21-26 - NAPC - Cincinati, USA July 26th - 30th - 16th International Symposium on Ostracoda - Brasilia September - Interrad 12 - Nanjing, China 2008 April 13-18 - EGU - Vienna, Austria (ostracod & silico-sessions) April 24-25 - 42nd GSA, (North-Central), Indiana, USA (conodont session) April 25-26 - Canadian Ostracodologists’ meeting (COME2), Ottawa April 25-27 - TMS Ostracod Group Spring Meeting, Flatford Mill May 4-10 - DINO 8 - Montreal, Canada May 15-17 - TMS Foram & Nannofossil meeting, Tübingen, Germany June 25-27 - Mid-Mesozoic Life & Environments, Cognac, France Aug 12-16 - 4th European Symposium on Aerobiology (ESA) Turku, Finland Aug 30-Sept 5 - 12th IPC and 8th IOPC, Bonn, Germany Sept 7-13 - 20th International Diatom Symposium Dubrovnik, Croatia September 7-13 - The Eighth International Workshop on Agglutinated Foraminifera (IWAF-8) - Cluj-Napoca, Romania, October - Palynology Group Meeting - London 2007 AASP 40th annual meeting - Panama, September 8-12, 2007 (pdf 112 kb) 2006 Lyell Meeting 2006 - Millenial Scale Events - Geological Society, Burlington House, 15 February 2006 3rd Joint Meeting of the Palynology and Silicofossil groups of TMS - 9-10th March, Laboratory of Palaeobotany & Palynology (LPP), Utrecht University, The Netherlands InterRad XI: Radiolarians in Stratigraphy and Paleoceanography - 11th Meeting of the International Association of Radiolarian Paleontologists, March 19-24, Wellington, New Zealand Pander Society Symposium - March 20, 2006, Harrisburg, PA, USA. - Details also in the Pander Society Newsletter (pdf, 332kb) 20th Deutsche Diatomologen Treffen - 23-26 March, Trebon, Czech Republic. External Controls on Deep Water Depositional Systems: Climate, Sea-level, and Sediment Flux - March 27th - 29th, Burlington House, London. Jointly Organized by The Geological Society of London and SEPM – Society for Sedimentary Geology. European Geosciences Union, General Assembly 2006 - Vienna, Austria, 02 – 07 April 2006 21ème Réunion des Ostracodologistes de Langue Française (ROLF)- 19th-22nd April 2006, Tétouan, Morocco. 1st Circular (.doc, 56 kb) TMS Ostracod Group Spring Meeting - 19-21 May 2006, Drongen, Ghent, Belgium. Biology and Palaeobiology of Foraminifera and Coccolithophores - TMS Foraminifera and Nannofossil Groups Joint Spring Meeting, Thursday 25th - Friday 28th May, 2006, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom Climate and Biota of the Early Paleogene - International Meeting and Field Trips, 12-20 June, 2006, Bilbao. Progressive Palaeontology 2006 - 22-23 June, University of Cambridge, UK. ICOS 2006. The First International Conodont Symposium - July 12 - 30, 2006. University of Leicester, Leicester, U.K. Details also in the Pander Society Newsletter (pdf, 332kb) 19th International Diatom Symposium, 2006 - 28 August - 3 September 2006, Irkutsk, Russia 7th European Paleobotany-Palynology Conference (EPPC 2006) - 6-11 September, Prague, Czech Republic. Forams 2006 - International Symposium on Foraminifera, September 10-15, 2006, Natal, Brazil INA11 - International Nannoplankton Association - 24th - 30th Sept 2006, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA. Flier. AASP 39th Annual Conference - Philadelphia, GSA Meeting, October 22-25, 2006. GSA Annual Meeting and Exposition 2006 - 22-25 October, Philadelphia, PA, USA TMS Annual General Meeting - November, 15, 2006. Details TBA. Palaeontological Association 50th Annual Meeting - December 18-21, 2006. University of Sheffield, UK.