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FLMNH Paleobotany & Palynology Collection

Research Interests

• Paleogene and Neogene palynology of Florida and the Caribbean.
• Late Cretaceous and Paleogene pollen floras from Central and South America.
• Palynological analysis of coprolites from Chinchorro mummies, Atacama Desert, Chile.
• Forensic Palynology.

Ongoing Fieldwork

• Lake cores from several lakes in southeastern USA for Pleistocene biodiversity studies.
• Eocene limestone quarries, west central Florida.

Collection Activities

• Palynology Modern Pollen and Spore Collection and Database.
• Palynology Fossil Locality Collection and Database.
• Phytolith Collection and Database.

Courses Taught

• Palynology: practice and procedures.

Graduate Students

Hu Shusheng, Ph.D. Candidate
Email: hu - add "@ufl.edu" for full address

• Cretaceous palynofloras from the mid-continent, USA.

Felipe de La Para, M.S. Candidate
Email: fdelaparra - add "@flmnh.ufl.edu" for full address

• Finding the Cretaceous-Paleocene boundary event and its consequences on tropical vegetation

Representative Publications

Hu, Shusheng, Dilcher, D., Schneider, H. and Jarzen, D.M. 2006. Eusporangiate ferns from the Dakota Formation, Minnesota, USA. International Journal of Plant Sciences 167(3):579-589.

Jarzen, D.M., and Dilcher, D. 2006. Middle Eocene terrestrial palynomorphs from the Dolime Minerals and Gulf Hammock quarries, Florida. Palynology, 30: 89-110.

Jarzen, D.M. and Jarzen, S.A. 2006. Collecting pollen and spore samples from herbaria. Palynology, 30: 111-119.

Jarzen, D.M. and Dilcher, D.L. 2007. Report on a palynological assessment of Holocene mangrove vegetation at the American Memorial Park, Saipan, Northern Marianas. In: Starmer, J. (ed.). Ecological Assessment of the Mangrove Habitat in the American Memorial Park, Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands. Pacific Marine Resources Institute Survey Report 2007-2, pp. 41-63.

Jarzen, D.M., Manchester, S.R., Retallack, G. and Jarzen, S.A. (Editors). 2007. Advances in Angiosperm Paleobotany and Paleoclimate Reconstruction-Contributions honouring David L. Dilcher and Jack A. Wolfe. Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 258: 1-189.

Steadman, D.W., Franz, R., Morgan, G.S., Albury, N.A., Kakuk, B., Broad, K., Franz, S.E., Tinker, K., Pateman, M., Lott, T.A., Jarzen, D.M., and Dilcher, D.L. 2007. Exceptionally well-preserved late Quaternary plant and vertebrate fossils from a blue hole on Abaco, The Bahamas. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 104(50): 19897-19902.

Hu, S., Dilcher, D.L. , Jarzen, D.M. and Taylor, D.W. 2008. Early steps of angiosperm-pollinator coevolution. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 105(1): 240-245.

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