Prof. Dr. Benjamin Bomfleur

Profile

Academic positionAssociate Professor, Senior Lecturer, Reader
Research fieldsPalaeontology,Polar Research
KeywordsAntartica, palaeoecology, anatomy, culticular analysis, microorganisms

Current contact address

CountryGermany
CityMünster
InstitutionUniversität Münster
InstituteInstitut für Geologie und Paläontologie

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Thomas N. TaylorDepartment of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, Lawrence
Start of initial sponsorship01/06/2011

Program(s)

2011Feodor Lynen Research Fellowship Programme for Postdocs

Publications (partial selection)

2014Ignacio H. Escapa, Benjamin Bomfleur, Néstor R. Cuneo, Roberto Scasso: A new marattiaceous fern from the Lower Jurassic of Patagonia (Argentina): the renaissance of Marattiopsis. In: Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, 2014,
2014Benjamin Bomfleur, Ashley A. Klymiuk, Edith L. Taylor, Thomas N. Taylor, Erik L. Gulbranson, John L. Isbell: Diverse bryophyte mesofossils from the Triassic of Antarctica. In: Lethaia, 2014, 120-132
2014Benjamin Bomfleur, Robert Schöner, Nadine John, Jörg W. Schneider, Martin Elsner, Lothar Viereck-Goette and Hans Kerp: New Palaeozoic deposits of the Victoria Group in the Eisenhower Range, northern Victoria Land, Antarctica. In: Antarctic Science, 2014, 277-278
2014Anne-Laure Decombeix, Benjamin Bomfleur, Edith L. Taylor, Thomas N. Taylor: New data on the anatomy and systematic affinities of corystosperm wood from the Triassic of Antarctica. In: Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 2014, 22-34
2014Elke Schneebeli-Hermann, Wolfram M. Kürschner, Hans Kerp, Benjamin Bomfleur, Peter A. Hochuli, Hugo Bucher, David Ware, Ghazala Roohi: Vegetation history across the Permian–Triassic boundary in Pakistan (Amb section, Salt Range) . In: Gondwana Research, 2014,
2013Benjamin Bomfleur, Ignacio H. Escapa, Rudolph Serbet, Edith L. Taylor, Thomas N. Taylor: A reappraisal of Neocalamites and Schizoneura (fossil Equisetales) based on material from the Triassic of East Antarctica.. In: Alcheringa, 2013, 1-17
2013Rudolph Serbet, Benjamin Bomfleur, Gar W. Rothwell: Cunninghamia taylorii, a structurally preserved cupressaceous conifer from the Upper Cretaceous (Campanian) Horseshoe Canyon Formation of Western North America.. In: International Journal of Plant Sciences, 2013, 471-488
2013Benjamin Bomfleur, Ignacio H. Escapa, Edith L. Taylor, Thomas N. Taylor: Proposal to conserve the name Marattiopsis (fossil Marattiaceae) with a conserved type. . In: Taxon, 2013, 637-638
2013Benjamin Bomfleur, Anne-Laure Decombeix, Ignacio H. Escapa, Andrew B. Schwendemann, Brian J. Axsmith: Whole-plant concept and environment reconstruction of a Telemachus conifer (Voltziales) from the Triassic of Antarctica.. In: International Journal of Plant Sciences, 2013, 425-444
2012Benjamin Bomfleur, Ignacio H. Escapa, Edith L. Taylor, Thomas N. Taylor: Modified basal elements in Dicroidium fronds (Corystospermales). In: Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 2012, 15-26
2012Benjamin Bomfleur, Hans Kerp, Thomas N. Taylor, Ojvind Moestrup, Edith L. Taylor: Triassic leech cocoon from Antarctica contains fossil bell animal. In: PNAS, 2012, 20971-20974
2012Carla J. Harper, Benjamin Bomfleur, Anne-Laure Decombeix, Edith L. Taylor, Thomas N. Taylor, T.N., Michael Krings: Tylosis formation and fungal interactions in an Early Jurassic conifer from northern Victoria Land, Antarctica. In: Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 2012, 25-31