Radiolaria from the Equatorial Atlantic Ocean (Barbados), Eocene. Image by Claudio Stadler, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Fribourg, Switzerland.
Chair: Savannah Worne (Nottingham Trent University)
Secretary: Luca Pellegrino (University of Torino, Italy)
The Silicofossil Group emerged within TMS in the early 2000’s mainly by Diatom and Radiolarian specialists and has organized some successful biannual joint meetings with the Palynology Group of TMS.
The TMS Silicofossil Group is unique as it encompasses several taxonomic groups that share the physiological adaptation of using silica to synthesize skeletal forms. As such, silica biomineralization is a common area of interest to the members of the Silicofossil Group, including factors controlling growth, morphology and preservation of siliceous microfossils. This encompasses diverse themes, including physiology, taxonomy, evolution, genetics and ecology, and application-based topics related to biochemical engineering, palaeoceanography, paleolimnology, biostratigraphy, palaeobiology, etc., ranging from the molecular scale (genetics, physiology, etc.) to global scale (geochemical cycling, biodiversity, etc.) studies.
Recent Silicofossil Posts
Group Meeting 2011
The 4th joint meeting of the Silicofossil and Palynology groups took place in Tromsø (Norway) on the…
Geobiology and environments of silica biomineralizers
A meeting on “Geobiology and environments of silica biomineralizers” was held at the Uni…
2011 Silicofossil and Palynology groups joint spring meeting
31st March, 2011, University of Tromsø, Norway We are pleased to announce the 4th Joint Meeting of t…
Micropalaeontology at the Natural History Museum, London
Updated 04/10/2010 Knowing that many of you have been following with great interest and concern the …
Climate change marks dawn of man
Climate change marks dawn of man – diatoms reveal complex variation in East African climate, w…