Name: Patrick Blomenkemper

Brief Introduction

My work focuses on Mesozoic and Paleozoic ecosystems. During my Ph.D. I worked on the late Permian flora of Jordan that encompasses a peculiar mix of fossil plants otherwise typical for certain paleogeographic regions (e.g. Cathaysia), or are the oldest occurrences of otherwise typical Mesozoic taxa (e.g. Dicroidium). I recently joint the Institute of Palaeontology at the Yunnan University to focus on cycadophytes from the Cathaysian realm of the Permian and Triassic in order to better understand the evolutionary of this highly important group.

Education

2020, Ph.D. University of Münster. Thesis in Geosciences: The late Permian Flora of the Dead Sea Region, Jordan

2016, M.Sc., University of Münster. Thesis in Geosciences: Conifers from the Keuper of Franconia

2012 B.Sc., University of Münster. Thesis in Geosciences: Palynology and palynofacies of the Hammerberg 5A1 drill core (Westphalian, Ruhr Basin)

Grants

2022.06–2023.05 Feodor Lynen Fellowship of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation

Research interests

Paleozoic–Mesozoic plant ecosystems

Fossil plant epidermal architecture

Publications

Zavialova, N., et al., 2022. In search of the correspondence between in situ and dispersed pollen. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 303, 104682.

Blomenkemper, P., et al., 2022. Rhabdotaenia – a typical Gondwanan leaf from the upper Permian of Jordan. Alcheringa 46, 85–93.

Kerp, H. et al., 2021. Saportaea Fontaine et White 1880 – An enigmatic, long-ranging, widely distributed but rare type of late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic foliage. Review of Paleobotany and Palynology 296(1), 104542.

Kerp, H. et al., 2021. The fossil flora of the Dead Sea region, Jordan - A late Permian Garden of Delights. Journal of Palaeosciences 70(2021), 135–158.

Blomenkemper, P. et al., 2021 Bennettitalean Leaves From the Permian of Equatorial Pangea—The Early Radiation of an Iconic Mesozoic Gymnosperm Group. Frontiers in Earth Science 9, 652699, 1–14.

Zavialova, N., et al, 2021. A lyginopterid pollen organ from the upper Permian of the Dead Sea region. Grana, 60(2), 81-96.

Blomenkemper, P., et al., 2020. A treasure trove of peculiar Permian plant fossils. PalZ, 94, 409–412.

Blomenkemper, P., et al., 2020. Contributions towards whole-plant reconstructions of Dicroidium plants (Umkomasiaceae) from the Permian of Jordan. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 278, 104210, 1–23.

Blomenkemper, P., et al., 2019. Cryptokerpia sarlaccophora gen. et sp. nov., an enigmatic plant fossil from the Late Permian Umm Irna Formation of Jordan. PalZ, 93, 479–485.

Blomenkemper, P., et al., 2018. A hidden cradle of plant evolution in Permian tropical lowlands. Science 362(6421), 1414-1416.

Bomfleur, B. et al., 2018. Polar regions of the Mesozoic–Paleogene greenhouse world as refugia for relict plant groups. In: Transformative Paleobotany, Eds. Krings, M., Harper, C.J., Cuneo, N.R., Rothwell, G. (London: Academic Press), 593–611.

Abu Hamad, A. et al., 2017. Dicroidium bandelii sp. nov. (corystospermalean foliage) from the Permian of Jordan. PalZ 91, 641–648.