Category Archives: Annual Report

Annual Report 2005 of the Paleogene Planktonic Foraminifera Working Group The Paleogene Planktonic Foraminifer Working Group has continued its researches this year, holding a meeting at Rutgers University in May 2005, hosted by Prof R.K. Olsson. The Atlas of Eocene Planktonic Foraminifera, edited by Paul N. Pearson, Richard K. Olsson, Brian T. Huber, C. Hemleben […]

Annual Report 2006 of the Paleogene Planktonic Foraminifera Working Group This year will see the publication of the Atlas of Eocene Planktonic Foraminifera edited by Paul Pearson (UK), Richard Olsson (USA), Brian Huber (USA), Christoph Hemleben (Germany) and William Berggren (USA), with contributions from Helen Coxall (UK), Vlasta Premec-Fucek (Croatia), Isabella Premoli Silva (Italy) and […]

Annual Report 2007 of the Paleogene Planktonic Foraminifera Working Group The Paleogene Planktonic Foraminifera Working Group held two very successful meetings in 2007 concentrating on the review and synthesis of Oligocene planktonic foraminiferal taxonomy. The first was hosted by Vlasta Premec-Fucek and Morana Hernitz Kucenjak in May and the second hosted by Christoph Hemleben and […]

Annual Report 2008 of the Paleogene Planktonic Foraminifera Working Group Following the last highly successful meeting of the Paleogene Planktonic Foraminifera Working Group in December 2007, this year we have obtained many missing holotype images and started to prepare taxonomic plates. Chengjie Liu hosted a two day meeting mini working group meeting at ExxonMobil, with […]

Annual Report 2009 of the Paleogene Planktonic Foraminifera Working Group The Paleogene Planktonic Foraminifera Working Group continued their work towards a major revision of the Oligocene planktonic foraminifera. A meeting attended by 14 members was held at the University of Fribourg in June hosted by Silvia Spezzaferi. Here the group reported on progress and discussed […]

Annual Report 2010 of the Paleogene Planktonic Foraminifera Working Group The Paleogene Planktonic Foraminifera Working Group held their 8th meeting on the taxonomy and evolution of Oligocene planktonic foraminifera at the Goldfuß-Museum, Steinmann Institut, Bonn, Germany (hosted by Martin Langer and convened Bridget Wade and Michal Kucera) in early September before the Forams 2010 meeting […]

Annual Report 2011 of the Paleogene Planktonic Foraminifera Working Group The Paleogene Planktonic Foraminifera Working Group held their 9th meeting on the taxonomy and evolution of Oligocene planktonic foraminifera at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., Department of Paleobiology, (National Museum of Natural History, hosted by Brian Huber) in September 2011. Work towards completion of the […]

Annual Report 2012 of the Paleogene Planktonic Foraminifera Working Group The Paleogene Planktonic Foraminifera Working Group did not meet this year and efforts have concentrated on preparing chapters and plates for publication of the Atlas of Oligocene Planktonic Foraminifera. To date five chapters have been submitted and reviewed, and others are well developed or in […]

Annual Report 2013 of the Paleogene Planktonic Foraminifera Working Group The Paleogene Planktonic Foraminifera Working Group has been progressing towards the completion of the Atlas of Oligocene Planktonic Foraminifera. Many chapters have now been submitted, with plates, synonymies and phylogenies, and are undergoing internal review and revision. Some issues regarding the wall texture and phylogeny […]