Palaeogeographic and Palaeoclimatic Changes Recorded by Microfossils

Dear Colleagues,

The essence of this Topic is to report on microfossils that respond to the changing conditions in both marine and terrestrial environments as a result of the interaction between global paleogeographic and climatic changes throughout the Earth’s geological past. Microfossils do not constitute a separate taxonomic group that can be distinguished in the classification of organisms, but contain fossil biota that belong to various systematic groups such as bacteria, protists, fungi, animals and plants. All of these groups of organisms are linked by the fact that they are studied via microscope. The presence of microfossils in rocks is closely related to the trophic conditions in which they lived. For this reason, microfossils are an important indicator for the interpretation of changes in the environment.

In particular, this Topic is devoted to the interactions between microfossils and the conditions of the abiotic environment that take place from the moment the first signs of life appeared on Earth. The changes in fossil biotic communities related to the climate record over time and accompanied by changes in global palaeogeography will be especially considered. Articles documenting microfossil assemblies that respond to these changes are welcome. We invite you to prepare both review articles and original articles on specialized topics as well as highly specialized articles that open new perspectives.

Dr. Marta Bąk
Dr. Dangpeng Xi
Dr. Erik Wolfgring
Topic Editor