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Palynology

Dinoflagellate Protoperidinium divergens and resting on it the coccolithophore Emiliania huxleyi; recent specimens from a plankton sample from the Croatian Coast. Imaged by Luka Šupraha of Uppsala University, Sweden. ®©


Chair: Luke Mader (Open University)
Secretary: Ingrid Romero (Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, USA)

Palynology is the study of all organic-walled palynomorphs that can be found in sedimentary archives, from acritarchs to dinoflagellate cysts, pollen, spores and non-pollen palynomorphs (including fungal spores, algae, etc.).

Palynology, from the Greek Paluno (sprinkle) and logy (study), aims at studying microscopic particles produced by plants such as pollen, spores as well as freshwater and marine algal cysts, and other types of palynomorphs such as acritarchs, chitinozoans and scolecodonts, that can be found in the air, water or varied sediment deposits and for a variety of time scales. A wide range of subjects encompasses palynological studies, such as melissopalynology (study of honey), forensic palynology, pollen allergy, biostratigraphy, taxonomy and evolutionary studies, environmental studies including archaeology, palaeoecology and limnology, to cite a few.

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Recent Palynology Posts

Internship Opportunity: Deep-sea sediments off the Al Wajh Carbonate Platform, Red Sea

Posted on March 17, 2025 / Foraminifera, Microvertebrate, Nannofossil, Ostracod, Palynology, Silicofossil

Professor Volker Vahrenkamp’s research team is cur…

A memorial meeting for John Eustace Whittaker (25.09.1945 – 29.07.2023)

Posted on February 7, 2025 / Events, Foraminifera, Microvertebrate, Nannofossil, Ostracod, Palynology, Past Members, Silicofossil, Society Announcements

Dear friends We propose to organise a one-day memo…

TMS Palynology Meeting 2025: Registration Open!

Posted on January 6, 2025 / Conferences, Palynology, Uncategorized

You can now reisgter for the TMS Palynolgy Meeting…

Apply to be the Palynology Group Chair

Posted on November 14, 2024 / Palynology, Society Announcements

This is an open call for applicants to take on the…

TMS Meeting of the Palynology Group

Posted on November 1, 2024 / Events, Palynology

Preliminary Schedule: Session 1: 13:00–15:00[invit…

Call for hosting the TMS Annual General Meeting in November 2025

Posted on October 17, 2024 / Conferences, Foraminifera, Microvertebrate, Nannofossil, Ostracod, Palynology, Society Announcements

This is to remind those interested to invite propo…

The Micropalaeontological Society

Towards the advancement of the education of the public in the study of Micropalaeontology

The Micropalaeontological Society (TMS) exists “to advance the education of the public in the study of Micropalaeontology” and is operated “exclusively for scientific and educational purposes and not for profit”. It was initiated as The British Micropalaeontological Group (BMG) in 1970, following a proposal by Professor Leslie Moore of the University of Sheffield and several colleagues who wished to organise a group of palaeontologists with a mutual interest in the micropalaeontological study of British type sections and the provision of a forum for the communication of their results.

Recent Posts

  • Internship Opportunity: Deep-sea sediments off the Al Wajh Carbonate Platform, Red SeaMarch 17, 2025
  • MSc in IdEA-M: Industrial & Environmental Applications in MICROPALEONTOLOGYMarch 17, 2025
  • A memorial meeting for John Eustace Whittaker (25.09.1945 – 29.07.2023)February 7, 2025
  • TMS-CFFR Foraminifera Spring Meeting 2025, June 10-13: REGISTRATION IS NOW OPENJanuary 20, 2025
  • TMS Palynology Meeting 2025: Registration Open!January 6, 2025
  • Apply to be the Palynology Group ChairNovember 14, 2024

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