Silica Pills

‘Silica Pills’ is a dissemination initiative promoted by the Silicofossil Group of The Micropalaeontological Society. It is aimed at spreading knowledge of the work of early career and more advanced researchers on siliceous microfossils and related fields, through the regular publication of invited short online articles.

Radiolarians in Costa Rica: from taxonomy to paleoceanography (1 – 2026)

When Antarctica was warmer: what fossil diatoms reveal about our future (2 – 2026)

What radiolarians reveal about a changing Paratethys Sea: insights from Romania (3 – 2026)

From Dissolved Silica to Chert: Deciphering the Marine Si Cycle (4 – 2026)

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.