In Review:

Shi,^, C, Wang,^, S., Cai, H.-H., Tihelka, E., Song^, W.-C., Peng, H., Yu, S.-X., Long, X.-X., Zhang, H.-R., Cai, C.-Y., Motta, A. F. H., Fan, Y, Spicer, R.A., Engel, M. S., ****

Mesozoic boletalean mushrooms and the early history of angiosperm-related ectomycorrhizal symbioses. Plant Communications

Hu, J-J., Sun, W.G., Liu, J., Spicer, R.A., Huang, Y-J., Xing, Y.-W., Li, Z.M., Su, T., Han, T.-S., Tang, H., Jia, L.-B., Ji, Y.-H., Sun, H., Zhou, Z.-K., In review. Paleopolyploids promotedtheancientadaptation of Tibetan sclerophyllous oaks to drought triggered by the uplift of the Himalaya. Journal of Experimental Botany

Lauretano, V., Witkowski, C.R., Farnsworth, A., Li S.-F., Mayser, J.P., Naafs, B.D., Spicer, R.A., Su, T., Tang, H., Zhou, Z., Valdes, P.J., Pancost, R.D. **** Late Eocene-early Oligocene paleoenvironmental changes from Lühe, Yunnan, southwestern China. Earth and Planetary Science Letters.

Hazra, M., Hazra, T., Kumar, S., Spicer, R.A., Spicer, T.E.V., Bera, S., Engel, M.S., Khan, M. **** A tangle-veined fly (Diptera: Nemestrinidae: cf. Hirmoneura) from the latest Neogene of Chotanagpur Plateau, eastern India, and its paleoecological significance

Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology.

Yuan, W., Mu Liu, M., Chen, D., Xing, Y-W, Spicer, R.A., Chen, J., Them II, T.R., Wang, X., Li, S., Guo, C., Zhang, G., Zhang, L., Hui Zhang, H., Feng, X. In review post revision.  Mercury isotopes show vascular plants had colonized land extensively by the early Silurian. Science Advances.

Golovneva, L.B, Zolina, A.A. Spicer, R.A. In Review. The early Paleocene (Danian) flora and climate of Svalbard. Palaeontology.

Kumar, S., Su, T., Spicer, R.A., Khan, M.A., In Review, First fossil evidence of latest Cretaceous spiny feather (pinnate-leaved) palms from Gondwana. Palaeoworld.

Accepted or Published

Farnsworth, A., Valdes, P.J., Ding, L., Spicer, R.A., Li, S.-Hu., Su, T., Li, S., Witkowski, C.T., Xiong, Z., 2023. Limits of Oxygen Isotope Palaeoaltimetry in Tibet. Earth and Planetary Science Letters.

Chandra, K., Spicer, R.A., Shukla, A., Spicer, T.E.V., Mehrotra R.C., Singh, A.K. 2023. Paleogene Ficus leaves from India and their implications for fig evolution and diversification. American Journal of Botany.

Zhou, Z-K, Liu, J., Chen, L., Spicer, R.A., Li, S.-F., Huang, J., Zhang, S.-T., Huang, Y.-J., Jia, L., Hu, J.-J., Su, T., 2023. Cenozoic Plants from Tibet: An extraordinary decade of discovery, understanding and implication. Science China Earth Sciences 65 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11430-022-9980-9

Hu, J.-R., Zhang, H., Huang, L.-L., Wu, X.-K., Spicer, R.A., Quan, C., Jian-Hua Jin, J.-H. 2023. The first megafossils of Cibotium within its modern distribution. Journal of Palaeogeography. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jop.2022.12.002

Spicer, R.A., Farnsworth, A. 2022.  The (Harsh) Life and Times of Maastrichtian Arctic Dinosaurs. Russian Paleobotanical On-Line Workshop Abstracts, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 2022, ISBN 978-5-903825-51-6. pp 26-27.

Khan, M.A., Mahato, S., Spicer, R.A., Spicer, T.E.V., Bera, S., 2022. Siwalik Plant Megafossil Diversity in the Eastern Himalaya: A Review. Plant Diversity. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pld.2022.12.003

He, S.-L., Ding, L., Xiong, Z., Spicer, R.A., Farnsworth, A., Valdes, P.J., Wang, C., Cai, F., Wang, H., Sun, Y., Zeng, D., Xie, J., Yue, Y., Zhao, C.-Y. Song, P., Wu, C., 2022. A distinctive Eocene Asian monsoon and modern biodiversity resulted from the rise of Eastern Tibet. Science Bulletin. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scib.2022.10.006

Li, W.-C., Huang, J., Chen, L.-L., Spicer, R.A., Li, S.-F., Liu, J., Gao, Y., Wu, F.-X., Farnsworth, A., Valdes, P.J., Zhou, Z.K., Su, T. 2022. Podocarpium (Fabaceae) from the late Eocene of central Tibetan Plateau and its biogeographic implication. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. 104745. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.revpalbo.2022.104745

Liu, J., Milne, R.I., Zhu, G.-F., Spicer, R.A., Wambulwa, M.C., Wu, Z.-Y., Boufford, D.E., Luo, Y.-H., Provan, J., Yi, T.-S., Cai, J., Wang, H., Gao, L.-M., Li, D.-Z. 2022. Name and scale matter: Clarifying the geography of Tibetan Plateau and adjacent mountain regions. Global and Planetary Change 215: 103893. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2022.103893

Su, T.; Spicer, R.A., Zhou, Z.-K. 2022. Tracing the Evolution of Plant Diversity in Southwestern China. Diversity 14: 434. https://doi.org/10.3390/d14060434

Zhang, X., Gelin, U., Spicer, R.A., Wu, F.-X., Farnsworth, Chen, P., Del Rio, C., Li, S.-F., Huang, J., Spicer, T.E.V., Tomlinson. K.W., Valdes, P.J., Xu, X.-T., Zhang, S.-T., Deng, T., Su, T. 2022. Rapid Eocene diversification of spiny plants in subtropical woodlands of Central Tibet. Nature Communications 13:3787 | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-31512-z

Wu., M.-X., Huang, J., Spicer, R.A., Li S.-F., Zhao, J., Deng, W., Ding, W., Tang, H., Xing, Y., Tian, Y., Zhou, Z.-K., Su, T. 2022. The early Oligocene establishment ofmodern topography and plant diversity on the southeastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau. Global and Planetary Change 214: 103856. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2022.103856

Spicer, R.A., Farnsworth, A. 2022. The ups and downs of palaeoaltimetric methods: The use of plant fossil and isotope proxies to determine past land surface height. Geophytology 50: 11-36.

Deng, W., De Franceschi, D., Xu, X., Del Rio, C., Low, S.L., Zhou, Z.-K., Spicer, R.A., Ren, L, Yang, R.-Q., Tian, Y., Wu, M., Yang, J., Liang, S., Wappler, T., Su, T. 2022. Taxodium-like wood fossil from the Oligocene southwestern China: its arthropod borings and their implications for biogeography and paleoenvironment. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 302: 104669 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.revpalbo.2022.104669

Huang, J., Spicer, R.A., Li, S.-F., Liu, J., Do, V.T., Nguyen, B.H., Su T. 2022. Paleogene flora and climate of north Vietnam reveals long-term stability. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 593: 110930 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2022.110930

Jia, L.-B., Hu, J.-J., Zhang, S.-T., Su, T., Spicer, R.A., Liu, J., Yang, J.-C., Huang, Y.-J., Zhou, Z.-K. 2022. Bauhinia (Leguminosae) fossils from the late Eocene of southwestern China and its species accumulation in Asia. Diversity 14, 173. https://doi.org/10.3390/d14030173

Del Rio, C., Wang, T.-X., Li, S.-F., Jia, L.-B., Chen, P.-R., Spicer, R.A., Wu, F.-X., Su, T. 2022. Fruits of Firmiana and Craigia (Malvaceae) from the Eocene of the Central Tibetan Plateau with emphasis on biogeographic history. Journal of Systematics and Evolution. https://www.jse.ac.cn/EN/10.1111/jse.12845

Hazra, M., Spicer, R.A., Hazra, T., Sarkar, S.K., Spicer, T.E.V., Bera, S., Khan, M.A. 2022. Plant-insect interaction patterns in the late Neogene palaeoforest of Chotanagpur plateau, eastern India. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 300: 104633. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.revpalbo.2022.104633

Chen, P.-R., Del Rio, C., Huang, J., Liu, J., Zhao, J.-G., Spicer, R.A., Li, S.F., Wang, T.-X., Zhou, Z.-K., Su, T. 2022. Fossil capsular valves of Koelreuteria (Sapindaceae) from the Eocene of central Tibetan Plateau and their biogeographic implications. International Journal of Plant Sciences.

Xiong, Z., Liu, X., Ding, L., Farnsworth, A., Spicer, R.A., Xu, Q., Valdes, P.J., He, S., Zeng, D., Wang, C., Li, Z., Guo, X., Su, T., Zhao, C., Wang, H., Yue, Y. 2022. The Rise and Demise of the Paleogene Central Tibetan Valley. Science Advances 8 https://www.science.org/doi/epdf/10.1126/sciadv.abj0944

Hazra, T., Adroit, B., Hazra, M., Spicer, R.A., Spicer, T.E.V., Bera, S., Khan, M.A., 2022. New discovery of rare insect damage in eastern India (Pliocene) reinforces the biogeographic history of Eurasian ecosystems. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 298: 104589. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.revpalbo.2021.104589 .

Shi, C., Wang, S., Cai, H.-H., Long, X.-X., Zhang, H.-R., Long, X.-X., Tihelka, E., Song, W.-C., Feng, Q., Jiang, R.-X., Cai, C.Y., Lombard, N., Li, X., Yuan, J., Zhu, J.P., Yang, H.-Y., Liu, X.-F., Xiang, Q.-P., Zhao, Z.-T., Long, C.-L., Zhang, X.-C., Peng, H., Li, D.-Z., Schneider, H., Engel, M.S., Wang, Y.D., Spicer, R.A. 2022. Fire-prone Rhamnaceae with South African affinities in Cretaceous Myanmar amber Nature Plants (https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-021-01091-w).

Kumar, S., Hazra, T., Spicer, R.A., Hazra, M., Spicer, T.E.V., Bera, S., Khan, M.A. 2022 Coryphoid palms from the K-Pg of Central India and their biogeographical implications in an Asian perspective: Evidence from Megafossil remains. Plant Diversity.

Hazra, M., Hazra, T., Kumar, S., Spicer, R.A., Sarkar, S.K., Spicer, T.E.V., Bera, S., Khan, M., 2021. Galling: the dominant insect folivory in Pliocene monsoon-influenced tropical forests of Chotanagpur Plateau, eastern India. Palaeoworld.

Spicer, R.A. and Farnsworth A. 2021. Progress and challenges in understanding Asian palaeogeography and monsoon evolution from the perspective of the plant fossil record. Journal of Palaeosciences. 70: 213–235. 0031–0174/2021

Hazra, T., Spicer, R.A., Hazra, M., Sarkar, S.K., Spicer, T.E.V., Bera, S., Khan, M.A. 2021. First fossil evidence of leaf-feeding caterpillars from India and their feeding strategies. Lethaia https://doi.org/10.1111/let.12446.

Hazra, T., Hazra, M., Spicer, R.A., Spicer, T.E.V., Mahato, S., Bera, S., Kumar, S. Khan, M. 2021. First fossil evidence of Hylodesmum glutinosum (Muhl. ex Wild.) Ohashi & Mill from India and comments on its extinction from the subcontinent. Botany Letters 169: 140-154.  https://doi.org/10.1080/23818107.2021.1962736

Wambulwa, M.C., Milne, R., Wu, Z.-Y., Spicer, R.A., Provan, J., Luo, Y.-H., Zhu, G.-F., Wang, W.-T., Wang, H., Gao, L.-M., Li, D.-Z., Liu, J. 2021. Spatio-temporal maintenance of flora in the Himalaya biodiversity hotspot: current knowledge and future perspectives. Ecology and Evolution 11: 1074–10812 https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.7906

Jia, L.-B., Huang, J., Su, T., Spicer, R.A., Zhang, S.-T., Li, S.-F., Pan, B., Nam, G.-S., Huang, Y.-J., Zhou, Z.K. 2021. Fossil infructescence from southwestern China reveals Paleogene establishment of Cladrastis in Asia. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 292: 104456. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.revpalbo.2021.104456

Huang, Y.-J., Zhu, H., Su, T., Spicer, R.A., Hu, J.J., Jia, L.-B., Zhou, Z.-K. 2021. The rise of herbaceous diversity at southeastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau: first insight from fossils. Journal of Systematics and Evolution. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jse.12755

Shi, C., Cai, H.-H., Jiang, R.-X., Wang, S., Engel, M.S., Yuan, J., Bai, M., Yang, D., Long, C.L., Zhao, Z.-T., Zhang, D.X., Zhang, X.-C., Peng, H., Wang, Y.D., Spicer, R.A. 2021. Balance scientific and ethical concerns to achieve a nuanced perspective on ‘Blood Amber’. Nature Ecology and Evolution 5: 705-706. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-021-01479-z

Hazra, T., Hazra, M., Spicer, R.A., Spicer, T.E.V., Mahato, S., Bera, S., Kumar, S., Khan, M.A. 2021. Albizia Durazz. (Fabaceae) from the latest Neogene sediments of Jharkhand, eastern India: reappraisal of its biogeography during the Cenozoic of Southeast Asia. Palaeoworld 31: 153-168. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palwor.2021.03.004.

Wang, B., Shi, G., Xu, C., Spicer, R.A., Perrichot, V., Schmidt, A.R., Feldberg, K., Heinrichs, J., Chény, C., Pang, H., Liu, X., Gao, T., Wang, Z., S？lipin？ski, A., Solórzano-Kraemer, M.M., Heads, S.W., Thomas, M.J., Sadowski, E-M., Szwedo, J., Azar, D., Nel, A., Liu, Y., Chen, J., Zhang, Q., Luo, C., Yu, T., Zheng, D., Zhang, H., Engel, M.S. 2021. The mid-Miocene Zhangpu biota reveals an outstandingly rich rainforest biome in East Asia. Science Advances 7: eabg0625. https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/7/18/eabg0625.full

Tian, Y. Spicer, R.A., Huang, J., Zhou, Z., Su, T., Widdowson, M., Jia, L., Li, S., Wu, W., Li Xue, L., Luo, P., Zhang, S., 2021. New early oligocene zircon U-Pb dates for the ‘Miocene’ Wenshan Basin, Yunnan, China: Biodiversity and paleoenvironment. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 565 116929 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2021.116929

Maslova, P., Karasev, E.Y., Xu, S.-L., Spicer, R.A., Liu, X.-Y., Kodrul, T.M., Spicer, T.E.V., Jin, J.-H. 20 21. Variations in morphological and epidermal features of shade and sun leaves of two species: Quercus bambusaefolia and Quercus myrsinifolia (Section Cyclobalanopsis). American Journal of Botany. 108: 1441–1463. https://bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ajb2.1706

Farnsworth, A., Valdes, P.J., Spicer, R.A., Lin, D., Witkowski, C., Lauretano, V., Li, S.-F., Li, S.-H., Zhou, Z.-K., 2021. Palaeoclimate model-derived thermal lapse rates: towards increasing precision in palaeoaltimetry studies. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 564, 116903 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2021.116903

Bhatia, H., Khan, M.A., Srivastava, G., Hazra, T., Spicer, R.A., Mehrotra, R.C., Spicer, T.E.V., Bera, S., Roy, K., 2021. Late Cretaceous–Paleogene Indian monsoon climate vis-à-vis movement of the Indian plate and the birth of the South Asia Monsoon. Gondwana Research, 93, 89–100. https://authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S1342-937X(21)00028-9

Li, S., Valdes, P. J., Farnsworth, A., Barnard^, T.D., Su, T., Liu, J., Lunt, D.J., Spicer, R.A., Liu, J., Deng, W., Huang, J., Tang, H., Ridgwell, A., Chen, L., Zhou, Z. 2021. Orographic evolution of northern Tibet shaped vegetation and plant diversity in eastern Asia. Science Advances, 7, eabc7741. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abc7741

Bhatia, H., Srivastava, G., Spicer, R.A., Farnsworth, A., Spicer, T.E.V., Mehrotra, R.C., Paudayal, K., Valdes. P.J., 2021.  Leaf physiognomy records the Miocene intensification of the South Asia Monsoon. Global and Planetary Change. 196, 103365. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2020.103365

Liu, J., Wang, T.-X., Zhang, X.-W., Song, A., Li, S.-F., Spicer, T.E.V., Spicer, R.A., Wu, F.-X., Su, T., Zhou, Z.-K., 2021. Snapshot of the Pliocene environment of west Kunlun region, Northwest China. Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments https://doi.org/10.1007/s12549-020-00458-9

Su, T., Spicer, R.A., Wu, F.-X., Farnsworth, A., Huang, J., Deng, T., Ding., L., Deng, W.-Y.-D., Huang, Y.-J., Hughes, A., Jia, L.-B., Jin, J.-H., Li, S.-f., Liang, S.-Q., Liu, J., Liu, X.-Y., Sherlock, S., Spicer, T., Srivastava, G., Tang, H., Valdes, P.J., Wang, T.-X., Widdowson, M., Wu, M.-X., Xing, Y.-W., Xu, C.-L., Yang, J., Zhang, S.-T., Zhang, X.-W., Zhao, F., Zhou, Z.-K. 2020. A middle Eocene lowland humid subtropical ‘Shangri-La’ ecosystem in central Tibet. PNAS 117: 32989–32995.  https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2012647117

Spicer, R.A., Yang, J., Spicer, T.E.V., Farnsworth, A., 2020. Woody dicot leaf traits as a palaeoclimate proxy: 100 years of development and application. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 562, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2020.110138

Khan, M.A., Spicer, R.A., Spicer, T.E.V., Roy, K., Bera, M., Hazra, T., Mahato, S., Bera, S., 2020., Dipterocarpus Gaertn. (Dipterocarpaceae) leaves from the K-Pg of India: A Cretaceous Gondwana origin of the Dipterocarpaceae. Plant Systematics and Evolution. 306, 90 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00606-020-01718-z

Khan, M.A., Hazra, M., Mahato, S., Spicer, R.A., Roy, K., Hazra, T., Bandopadhaya, M.,  Spicer, T.E.V., Bera, S., 2020. A Cretaceous Gondwana origin of the wax palm subfamily (Ceroxyloideae: Arecaceae) and its palaeobiogeographic context. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. 283, 104318. DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2020.104318.

Zolina, A.A., Golovneva, L.B., Spicer, R.A., 2020. Latest Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) climate of the Koryak Upland of North- East Russia based on a quantitative analysis of a palaeo-polar flora. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 560, 109997. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2020.109997

Tang, H., Li, S.-F., Su, T., Spicer, R.A., Zhang, S.-T., Li, S.-H., Liu, J., Lauretanao, V., Witkowski, C., Spicer, T.E.V., Deng, W.-Y.-D., Wu, Meng-X., Ding, W.N., Zhou, Z.-K., 2020. Early Oligocene vegetation and climate of southwestern China inferred from palynology. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 560, 109988. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2020.109988

Biswas, A., Bera, M., Khan, M.A., Spicer, R.A., Spicer, T.E.V., Acharya, K., Bera, S. 2020. Evidence of fungal decay in petrified legume wood from the Neogene of Bengal Basin, India. Fungal Biology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.funbio.2020.08.003

Hazra, M., Hazra, T., Spicer, R.A., Sarkar, S., Spicer, T.E.V., Bera, S., 2020. In situ occurrence of a gall midge (Insecta, Diptera, Cecidomyiidae) on fossilized angiosperm leaf cuticle fragments from the Pliocene sediments of eastern India. Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology 23, 762–771. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aspen.2020.06.004

Spicer, R.A., Farnsworth, A., Su, T. 2020. Cenozoic topography, monsoons and biodiversity conservation within the Tibetan Region: An evolving story. Plant Diversity 4, 229-254. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pld.2020.06.011

Ding, W.-N., Ree, R.H, Spicer, R.A., Xing, W.-W., 2020. Ancient orogenic and monsoon-driven assembly of the world's richest temperate alpine flora. Science 369, 578–581.

https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abb4484

Li, S.H., Su, T., Spicer, R.A., Xu, C., Sherlock, S., Halton, A., Hoke, G. Tian, Y., Zhou, Z-K. Deng, C.-L., Zhu, R.-X., 2020. Oligocene deformation of the Chuandian terrane in the SE margin of the Tibetan Plateau related to the extrusion of Indochina. Tectonics 39, e2019TC005974. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019TC005974.

Xiong, Z., Ding, L.,Spicer, R.A.,Farnsworth, A., Wang, X., Valdes, P.J., Su, T., Zhang,Q., Zhang, L., Cai, F., Wang, H., Li, Z., Song, P., Guo, X., YueY., 2020. The early Eocene rise of the Gonjo Basin, SE Tibet: from Low Desert to High Forest. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 543, 116312. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2020.116312

Spicer, R.A., Su, T., Valdes, P.J., Farnsworth, A., Wu, F.-X., Shi, G., Spicer, T.E.V., Zhou, Z.-K., 2020. Why the 'uplift of the Tibetan Plateau' is a myth. National Science Review 8, nwaa091, https://doi.org/10.1093/nsr/nwaa091.

Spicer, R.A., Su, T., Valdes, P.J., Farnsworth, A., Wu, F.-X., Shi, G., Spicer, T.E.V., Zhou, Z.-K., 2020. The Topographic Evolution of the Tibetan Region as Revealed by Palaeontology. Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12549-020-00452-1

Hazra, T., Spicer, R.A., Hasra, M., Mahato, S., Spicer, T.E.V., Bera, S., Valdes, P.J., Farnsworth, F., Hughes, A.C., Yang, J., Khan, M.A., 2020. Latest Neogene monsoon of the Chotanagpur Plateau, eastern India, as revealed by fossil leaf architectural signatures. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 545, 109641 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2020.109641

Song, B., Spicer, R.A., Zhang, K., Ji, J., Farnsworth, A., Hughes, A.C., Yang, Y., Han, F., Xu, Y., Spicer, T.E.V., Shen, T., Lunt, D.J., Shi., G. 2020. Qaidam Basin leaf fossils show northeastern Tibet was high, wet and cool in the early Oligocene. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 537: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2020.116175

Murray, M., Soh, W.-K., Yiotis, C., Spicer, R.A., Lawson, T., McElwain, J.C., 2020. Consistent Relationship between Field-Measured Stomatal Conductance and Theoretical Maximum Stomatal Conductance in C3 Woody Angiosperms in Four Major Biomes. International Journal of Plant Sciences 181: 142–154. https://doi.org/10.1086/706260

Cédric Del Rio, Teng-Xiang Wang, Jia Liu, Shui-Qing Liang, Robert A. Spicer, Fei-Xiang Wu, Zhe-Kun Zhou, Tao Su., 2020. Asclepiadospermum gen. nov., the earliest fossil record of Asclepiadoideae (Apocynaceae) from the early Eocene of central Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau and its biogeographic implications. American Journal of Botany: 107 (1): 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajb2.1418

Soh, W.-K., Yiotis, C., Murray, M., Parnell, A., Wright, I. J., Spicer, R.A., Lawson, T., Caballero, R., McElwain, J.C., 2019. Rising CO₂ rise drives divergence in water-use efficiency of evergreen and deciduous plants. Science Advances 5: eaax7906.

Guo, S.-X., Spicer, R.A., Widdowson, M., Herman, A.B., Domogatskaya, K.V. 2019. The Composition of the Middle Miocene (15 Ma) Namling Palaeoflora, South Central Tibet, in the Context of other Tibetan and Himalayan Floras. Review of Palaeobotany and palynology, 271     http://doi.org/10.1016/j.revpalbo.2019.06.011

Paul J Valdes, Ding Lin, Alex Farnsworth, Robert A. Spicer, Shi-Hu Li, Su Tao. 2019. Comment on “Revised paleoaltimetry data show low Tibetan Plateau elevation during the Eocene” Technical Comment: 10.1126/science.aax8474. Science.

Zhou, Z.-K., Su, t. Spicer, R.A., 2019 Understanding the Evolution of Biodiversity in Asia. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology (Editorial).

Spicer, R.A., Valdes, P.J., Hughes, A.C., Yang, J., Spicer, T.E.V., Herman, A.B., Farnsworth, A. 2019. New insights into the thermal regime and hydrodynamics of the early Late Cretaceous Arctic. Geological Magazine. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0016756819000463

Murray, M., Soh, W.K., Yiotis, C. Batke, S., Parnell, A., Spicer, R., Lawson, T., Caballero, R., Wright, I., Purcell, C. McElwain, J. 2019. Convergence in Maximum Stomatal Conductance of C₃ Woody Angiosperms in Natural Ecosystems Across Bioclimatic Zones. Frontiers in Plant Science. 10: Article 558. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2019.00558

Tang, H., Liu, Jia; Wu, Feixiang; Magner, T.E.V.; Spicer, R.A.; Deng, Wei-Yu-Dong; Xu, Congli; Zhao, Fan; Huang, Jian; Li, Shu-Feng; Su, Tao; Zhou, Zhekun 2019. An extinct genus Lagokarpos reveals a biogeographic connection of the Tibet with other regions in the Northern Hemisphere during the Paleogene. Journal of Systematics and Evolution. https://doi: 10.1111/jse.12505

Liu, J., Su, T., Spicer, R.A., Tang, H., Deng, W.-Y.-D., Wu, F.X., Srivastava, G., Spicer, T., Van Do, T. Deng, T., Zhou, Z.-K. 2019. Biotic Interchange through lowlands of Tibetan Plateau suture zones during Paleogene. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 524:33-40.

Su, T., Farnsworth, A., Spicer, R.A., Huang, J., Wu, F.-X. Liu, J.  Li, S.-F., Xing, Y.-W. Huang, Y.-J. Deng, W.-Y.-D. Tang, H. Xu, C.-L. Zhao, F. Srivastava, G., Valdes, P. J., Deng, T. Zhou, Z.-K., 2019. No high Tibetan Plateau until the Neogene. Science Advances. 5:eaav2189.

Khan, M.A. Bera, M., Spicer, R.A., Spicer, T.E.V., Bera, S., 2019. Palaeoclimatic estimates for the late Cenozoic (Mio-Pliocene) Siwalik Flora of Bhutan: Evidence for the development of the South Asian Monsoon in the eastern Himalaya. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 514: 326–335.

Su, T., Spicer, R.A., Li, S-H., Xu, H., Huang, J., Sherlock, S., Huang, Y-J., Li, S-F., Wang, L., Jia, L-B., Deng, W-Y-D., Deng, C-L. Zhang, S-T, Valdes, P.J., Zhou, Z-K., 2019.  Uplift, Climate and Biotic Changes at the Eocene-Oligocene Transition in Southeast Tibet, National Science Review. 6: 495-504 doi: 10.1093/nsr/nwy062 (published online in 2018).

Maslova, N.P., Karasev, E.V., Kodrul, T.M., Spicer, R.A., Volkova, L.D., Spicer, T.E.V., Jin, J.-H., Liu, X.-Y., 2018. Sun and shade leaf variability in Liquidambar chinensis Champion and Liquidambar formosana Hanse (Altingiaceae): implications for paleobotany. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 188: 296–315. https://doi-org.libezproxy.open.ac.uk/10.1093/botlinnean/boy047

Khan, M.A. Bera, M., Spicer, R.A., Spicer, T.E.V., Bera, S., 2018. Floral diversity and environment during the middle Siwalik sedimentation (Pliocene) in the Arunachal sub-Himalaya. Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments, 99, 401–424. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12549-018-0351-2

Khan, M.A. Bera, M., Spicer, R.A., Spicer, T.E.V., Bera, S. 2018. Evidence of simultaneous occurrence of tylosis formation and fungal interaction in a late Cenozoic angiosperm from the eastern Himalaya. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. 259, 171-184. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.revpalbo.2018.10.004

Spicer, R.A., 2018. Phytopaleoaltimetry: Using Plant Fossils to Measure Past Land Surface Elevation, in Mountains, Climate and Biodiversity, C. Hoorn, A. Perrigo, A. Antonelli, Eds. (Wiley-Blackwell, 2018), chap. 7, pp. 96–109.

Linnemann, U., Su, T., Kunzmann, L., Spicer, R.A., Ding, W-N., Spicer, T.E.V., Zieger, J., Hofmann, M., Moraweck, A., G？rtner, A., Gerdes, A., Marko, L., Zhang, S-T., Li, S-F., Tang, H., Huang, J., Mulch, A., Zhou, Z.Z., 2018. New U-Pb dates show a Paleogene origin for the modern Asian biodiversity hot spots. Geology 46: 3–6. DOI:10.1130/G39693.1.

Jin, J.-H., Herman, A.B., Spicer, R.A., Kodrul, T.M., 2017. Palaeoclimate background of the diverse Eocene floras of South China. Science Bulletin, 62:1501-1503.

Xu, Q., Spicer, R.A., Ding, L., 2017. Forum Comment: Evidence from Paleosols for low to moderate elevation of the India-Asia suture zone during mid Cenozoic time. Geology doi.org/10.1130/G39841.1.

Xu, Q., Ding, L., Spicer, R.A., Liu, X., Li, S., Wang, H., 2017. Stable isotopes reveal southward growth of the Himalayan-Tibetan Plateau since the Paleocene. Gondwana Research 54: 50–61. doi:10.1016/j.gr.2017.10.005

Spicer, R.A., 2017. Tibet, the Himalaya, Asian monsoons and biodiversity – In what ways are they related? Plant Diversity. doi.org/10.1016/j.pld.2017.09.001

Ding, L., Spicer, R.A., Yang, J., Xu, Q., Cai, F., Li, S., Lai, Q., Wang, H., Spicer, T.E.V., Yue, Y., Shukla, A., Srivastava, G., Khan., M.A., Bera, S., Mehrotra, R., 2017. Quantifying the rise of the Himalaya orogen and implications for the South Asian monsoon. Geology 45:215–218.

Spicer, R.A., Yang, J., Herman, A.B., Kodrul, T., Aleksandrova, G., Maslova, N., Spicer, T., Ding, L., Xu, Q., Shukla, A., Srivastava, G., Mehrotra, R., Liu, X-Y., Jin, J-J., 2017. Paleogene monsoons across India and South China: Drivers of biotic change. Gondwana Research 49:350–363.

Herman, A.B., Spicer, R.A., Aleksandrova, G.N., Yang, J., Kodrul, T., Masolva, N.P., Spicer, T.E.V., Chen, G., Jin, J-J., 2017. Eocene-Oligocene climate and vegetation change in southern China: Evidence from the Maoming Basin. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 479: 126–137.

Khan, M.A., Bera, M., Spicer, R.A., Spicer, T.E.V., Bera, S., 2017. First occurrence of mastixioid (Cornaceae) fossil in India and its biogeographic implications. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 247: 83–96.

Khan, M.A., Spicer, R.A., Spicer, T.E.V., Bera, S., 2017. Evidence for diversification of Calophyllum L. (Calophyllaceae) in the Neogene Siwalik forests of eastern Himalaya. Plant Systematics and Evolution. DOI 10.1007/s00606-016-1376-5.

Spicer, R.A., Herman, A.B., Amiot, R., Spicer, T.E.V., 2016. Environmental Adaptations and constraints on latest Cretaceous Arctic dinosaurs. Global Geology 19: 241-254.

Kumar, M., Spicer, R.A., Spicer, T.E.V., Shukla, A., Mehrotra, R., Monga, P., 2016. Palynostratigraphy and palynofacies of the early Eocene Gurha lignite mine, Rajasthan, India. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 461: 98–108. 

Khan, M.A., Spicer, R.A., Spicer, T.E.V., Bera, S., 2016. Occurrence of Shorea Roxburgh ex C. F. Gaertner (Dipterocarpaceae) in the Neogene Siwalik forests of eastern Himalaya and its biogeography during the Cenozoic of Southeast Asia. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 233: 236–254.

Fran？ois, L., Bruch, A., Utescher, T., Spicer, R.A., Spicer, T.E.V., 2016 Reconstructing Cenozoic vegetation from proxy data and models – a NECLIME synthesis (Editorial). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2016.11.043

Shukla, A., Mehrotra, R., Spicer, R.A., Spicer, T.E.V., 2016. Aporosa Blume from the paleoequatorial rainforest of Bikaner, India: Its evolution and diversification in deep time. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 232: 14–21. 

Spicer, R.A., Yang, J., Herman, A.B., Kodrul, T., Maslova, N., Spicer, T.E.V., Aleksandrova, Jin, J., 2016. Asian Eocene Monsoons as revealed by leaf architectural signatures. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 449: 61-68.

Li, S.–F., Jacques, F.M.B., Spicer, R.A., Su, T., Spicer, T.E.V., Yang, J., Zhou, Z. 2016. Artificial neural networks reveal a high-resolution climatic signal in leaf physiognomy. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 442: 1-11.

Herman, A.B., Spicer, R.A., Spicer, T.E.V., 2016. Environmental constraints on terrestrial vertebrate behaviour and reproduction in the high Arctic of the Late Cretaceous.  Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 441:317–338.

Lebreton-Anberrée, J., Li, S., Li, S-F., Spicer, R.A., Zhang, S-T., Su, T., Deng, C., Zhou, Z-K., 2016. Lake geochemistry reveals marked environmental change？in Southwest China during the Mid Miocene Climatic Optimum. Science Bulletin 61:897-910.

Sun, B., Wang, Y.-F.,Li, C.S., Yang, J.,Li, J-F., Li, Y.-L., Deng, T., Wang, S.-Q., Zhao, M., Spicer, R.A., Ferguson, D.K., Mehrotra, R.C. 2015. Early Miocene elevation in northern Tibet estimated by palaeobotanical evidence. Nature Scientific Reports 5:10379 DOI: 10. 1038/srep10379.

Li, S.–Y., Mao, L.–M., Spicer, R.A., Lebreton-Anberré, J., Su, T., Sun, M., Zhou, Z.–K. 2015. Late Miocene vegetation dynamics under monsoonal climate in southwestern China. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 425:14-40.

Yang J., Spicer R.A., Spicer T.E.V., Arens N.C., Jacques F.M.B., Su T., Kennedy E.M., Herman A.B., Steart D.C., Srivastava G., Mehrotra R.C., Valdes P.J., Mehrotra N.C., Zhou Z.K., Lai J.S., 2015. Leaf Form-Climate Relationships on the Global Stage: An Ensemble of Characters. Global Ecology and Biogeography 10:1113- 1125.

Spicer, R.A., Herman, A.B., Liao, W., Spicer, T.E.V., Kodrul, T.M., Yang, J., Jin, J. 2014. Cool tropics in the Middle Eocene: Evidence from the Changchang Flora, Hainan Island, China. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 412: 1–16.

Shukla, A., Mehrotra, R.C., Spicer, R.A., Spicer, T.E.V., Kumar, M. 2014. Cool equatorial terrestrial temperatures and the South Asian monsoon in the Early Eocene: Evidence from the Gurha Mine, Rajasthan, India. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 412:187–198.

Utescher, T., Bruch, A.A., Erdei, B., Fran？ois, L., Ivanov, D., Jacques, F.M.B., Kern, A.K., Liu, Y.-S. (C.), Mosbrugger, V., Spicer, R.A. 2014. The Coexistence Approach—Theoretical background and practical considerations of using plant fossils for climate quantification.  Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 410:58–73

Spicer, R.A., Herman, A.B., Yang, J., Spicer, T.E.V. 2014. Why future climate change is likely to be underestimated: evidence from palaeobotany. J. Bot. Soc. Bengal 67:75–88.

Khan, M., Spicer, R.A., Bera, S., Ghosh, R., Yang, J., Spicer, T.E.V., Guo, S., Su, T., Jacques, F., Grote, P.J., 2014. Miocene to Pleistocene floras and climate of the Eastern Himalayan Siwaliks, and New Palaeoelevation estimates for the Namling-Oiyug Basin, Tibet. Global and Planetary Change 113:1–10.

Khan, M.A., Spicer, R.A., Spicer, T.E.V., Bera, S. 2014. Fossil evidence of insect folivory in the eastern Himalayan Neogene Siwalik forests. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 410:264–277.

Spicer, R.A., Collinson, M.E., 2014. Plants and floral change at the K–Pg boundary: three decades on. Geol. Soc. Am. Spec. Pap. 505:117–132.

Jacques, F.M.B., Su, T., Spicer, R.A., Xing, Y.-W., Huang, Y.-J., Zhou, Z. 2014. Late Miocene southwestern Chinese floristic diversity shaped by the southeastern uplift of the Tibetan Plateau. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 411:208–215.

Kennedy, E.M., Arens, N.C., Reichgelt, T., Spicer, R.A., Spicer, T.E.V., Stranks, L., Yang, J. 2014. Deriving temperature estimates from Southern Hemisphere leaves. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 412:80–90.

Khan, M.A., Spicer, T.E.V., Spicer, R.A., Bera, S. 2014. Occurrence of Gynocardia odorata Robert Brown (Achariaceae, formerly Flacourtiaceae) from the Plio-Pleistocene sediments of Arunachal Pradesh, northeast India and its palaeoclimatic and phytogeographic significance. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 211:1-9.

Su, T., Jacques, F.M.B., Spicer, R.A., Liu, Y.-S., Huang, Y.-J., Xing, Y.-W., Zhou, Z.-K., 2013. Post-Pliocene establishment of the present monsoonal climate in SW China: evidence from the late Pliocene Longmen megaflora. Climate of the Past 9, 1911–1920.

Srivastava, G., Spicer, R.A., Spicer, T.E.V., Yang, J., Kumar, M., Mehrotra, R.C., Mehrotra, N.C., 2012. Megaflora and palaeoclimate of a Late Oligocene tropical delta, Makum Coal field, Assam: evidence for the early development of the South Asia Monsoon. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 343:130–142.

Jacques, F.M.B., Su, T., Spicer, R.A., Xing, Y., Huang, Y., Wang, W., Zhou, Z. 2011. Leaf physiognomy and climate: Are monsoon systems different? Global and Planetary Change 76:56–62

Khan, M., Ghosh, R., Bera, S., Spicer, R.A., Spicer, T.E.V., 2011. Floral diversity during Plio-Pleistocene Siwalik sedimentation (Kimin Formation) in Arunachal Pradesh, India, and its palaeoclimatic significance. Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments 91:237–255.

Hofmann, C-C., Spicer, R.A., Ahlberg A., Herman, A.B. 2011, Scanning electron microscopy investigation of monads and tetrads of basal core eudicots from the Upper Cretaceous Vilui Basin, Siberia: Evidence for reticulate evolution. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 167: 196-211

Yang, J., Spicer, R.A., Spicer, T.E.V., Li, C.-S., 2011. ‘CLAMP Online’: a new web-based palaeoclimate tool and its application to the terrestrial Paleogene and Neogene of North America. Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments 91:163–183.

Teodoridis, V., Mazouch, P., Spicer, R.A., Uhl, D. 2011. Refining CLAMP – investigations towards improving the climate leaf analysis multivariate program. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 299:39–48.

Spicer, R.A., Bera, S., De Bera, S., Spicer, T.E.V., Srivastava, G., Mehrotra, R.C., Mehrotra, N.C., Yang, J., 2011. Why do foliar physiognomic climate estimates sometimes differ from those observed? Insights from taphonomic information loss and a CLAMP case study from the Ganges Delta. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 299:39–48.

Song, X-Y., Spicer, R.A., Yang, J., Yao, Y-F., Li, C-S., 2010. Pollen evidence for an Eocene to Miocene elevation of central southern Tibet predating the rise of the High Himalaya. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatolgy, Palaeoecology. 297: 159–168.

Spicer, R.A., Yang, J., 2010. Quantification of Uncertainties in Fossil Leaf Paleoaltimetry - Does Leaf Size Matter? Tectonics. TC6001.

Steart, D.C., Spicer, R.A., Bamford, M.K., 2010. Is Southern Africa different? An investigation of the relationship between leaf physiognomy and climate in southern African mesic vegetation. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 162:607–620.

Spicer, R.A. and Herman, A.B. 2010. The Late Cretaceous Environment of the Arctic: A quantitative reassessment using plant fossils. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 295 (2010) 423–442.

Velasco -de Leon, M.P., Spicer, R.A., and Steart, D.C., 2010. Climatic reconstruction of two Pliocene floras from Mexico. Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvionments 90:99–110.

Herman, A.B., and Spicer, R.A., 2010. Mid-Cretaceous floras and climate of the Russian high Arctic (Novosibirsk Islands, Northern Yakutia). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatolgy, Palaeoecology. 295:409–422.

Moiseeva, M.G., Herman, A.B., and Spicer, R.A., 2009. Late Paleocene Flora of the Northern Alaska peninsula: The Role of Transberingian Plant Migrations and Climate Change. Palaeontological Journal, 43:1298-1308.

Spicer, R.A., Valdes, P.J., Spicer, T.E.V., Craggs, H.J., Srivastava, G., Mehrotra, R.C., Yang, J., 2009. New development is CLAMP: calibration using global gridded meteorological data. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatolgy, Palaeoecology, 283:91-98.

Spicer, R.A., Daly, R.J., Jolley, D.W., Herman, A,.B., Ahlberg, A., Moiseeva, N., 2009. Climate and Vegetation of the Selandian-Thanetian Paleocene Sagwon Section, Northern Alaska (Palaeolatitude 85°N). In Crouch, E.M., Strong, C.P., Hollis, C.J., (editors) 2009. Climatic and Biotic Events of the Paleogene (CBEP 2009), extended abstracts from an international conference in Wellington, New Zealand, 12-15 January 2009. GNS Science Miscellaneous Series 18, 131-134.

Spicer, R.A., Ahlberg, A., Herman, A.B., Hofmann, C-C., Raikevich, M., Valdes, P.J., and Markwick, P.J. 2008, The Late Cretaceous continental interior of Siberia: A challenge for climate models. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 267:228-235.

Upchurch, G.R., Spicer, R.A., and Leopold, E.B., 2007, The Life and Career of Jack A Wolfe (July 10 1936 – August 12 2005). Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg. 258:11-19.

Spicer, R.A., 2007, Recent and Future Developments of CLAMP: Building on the Legacy of Jack A. Wolfe. Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg. 258:109-118.

Yang, J., Wang, Y.F., Spicer, R.A., Mosbrugger, V., Li, C.S., and Sun,

Q.G., 2007, Climatic Reconstruction of Miocene Shanwang Basin, China, by using Leaf Margin Analysis, CLAMP, Co- existence Approach and Overlapping Distribution Analysis. American Journal of Botany, 94:599-608.

Spicer, R.A. and Leopold, L. 2006, Memorial to Jack Albert Wolfe (1936- 2005) Geological Society of America Memorials, v. 35:59- 61.

Spicer, R.A., Herman, A.B., Kennedy, E.M., 2005, The Sensitivity of CLAMP to Taphonomic loss of Foliar Physiognomic Characters. Palaios, 20:429-438.

Cripps, J.A., Widdowson, M., Spicer, R.A., Jolley, D.W., 2005, Coastal Ecosystem responses to late stage Deccan Trap Volcanism: the post K-T boundary (Danian) palynofacies of Mumbai (Bombay), west India. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 216:303-332.

Stainforth, D.A., Aina, T., Christensen, C., Collins, M., Faull, N., Frame, D.J., Kettleborough, J.A., Knight, S., Murphy, J.M., Piani, C., Sexton, D., Smith, L.A., Spicer, R.A., Thorpe, A.J., Allen, M.R., 2005, Uncertainty in predictions of the climate response to rising levels of greenhouse gases, Nature, 433:403-406.

Spicer, R.A., Herman, A.B., and Kennedy, E.M., 2004, The Foliar Physiognomic Record of Climatic Conditions During Dormancy: CLAMP and the Cold Month Mean Temperature. Journal of Geology, 112:685-702.

Spicer, R.A., Harris, N.B.W., Widdowson, M., Herman, A.B., Guo, S., Valdes, P.J., Wolfe, J.A., and Kelley, S.P., 2003. Constant elevation of Southern Tibet over the past 15 million years. Nature. 412:622-624.

Ahlberg, A., Herman, A.B., Raikevich, M.I., Rees, P.M., and Spicer, R.A., 2002, Enigmatic Late Cretaceous high palaeo-latitude lonestones in Chukotka, northernmost Asia. GFF, 124:197- 199.

Herman, A.B., and Spicer, R.A., 2002, Cretaceous Flora from the Kukpowruk River, Northwestern Alaska. Paleontological Journal, 36: 307-321 (English) translated from Paleontologicheskii Zhournal, 2002, No. 3: 81-95 (In Russian).

Herman, A.B., Spicer, R. A., Kva？ek, J. 2002. Late Cretaceous climate of Euroasia and Alaska: a quantitative palaeobotanical approach. In Wagreich, M. (Ed.), Aspects of Cretaceous Stratigraphy and Palaeobiology, Wien: ？sterreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften Schriftenreihe der Erdwissenschaftlichen Kommissionen 15, pp. 93-108.

Kennedy, E.M., Spicer, R.A., and Rees, P.M., 2002, Quantitative palaeoclimate estimates from Late Cretaceous and Paleocene leaf floras in the northwest of the South Island, New Zealand. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 184:321-345.

Spicer, R.A., Herman, A.B., Ahlberg, A.T., Raikevich, M.I., Rees, P.M.A., 2002, Mid-Cretaceous Grebenka flora of North-eastern Russia: stratigraphy, palaeobotany, taphonomy and palaeoenvironment. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 184:65-105.

Spicer R.A. Contribution to Memorandum Submitted by the Geological Society of London to UK Government Select Committee on Science and Technology, March 21, 2001. https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200001/cmselect/cmsctech/14/14ap04.htm

Spicer, R.A., Herman, A.B., 2001, The Albian-Cenomanian flora of the Kukpowruk River, western North Slope, Alaska: stratigraphy, palaeofloristics, and plant communities, Cretaceous Research 22:1-40.

Herman, A. B., and Spicer, R.A., 1999, Mid Cretaceous Grebenka Flora of the North-Eastern Russia: Two Strategies of Overwintering. Acta Palaeobotanica Suppl. 2:107-110.

Wolfe, J.A., Spicer, R.A., 1999. Fossil Leaf Character States: Multivariate Analysis. Geological Society, London. 233–239 pp.

Morgans, H.S., Hesselbo, S.P. and Spicer, R.A., 1999, The Seasonal Climate of the Early-Middle Jurassic, Cleveland Basin, England. Palaios, 14:261 – 272.

Kelley, S., Spicer, R.A., Herman, A.B., 1999, New ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar dates for Cretaceous Chauna Group tephra, North-Eastern Russia, and their implications for the geologic history and floral evolution of the North Pacific region. Cretaceous Research, 20: 97-106.

Spicer, R.A., Herman, A.B., 1998, Mid- and Late Cretaceous climate of Asia and Alaska: a comparison of palaeobotanical evidence and a computer model. Paleontologicheskii Journal (Moscow), No 2 [in Russian and in English].

Parrish, J.T., Daniel, I.L., Kennedy, E.M., and Spicer, R.A., 1998, Paleoclimatic Significance of Mid-Cretaceous Floras from the Middle Clarence Valley, New Zealand. Palaios 13:146- 156.

Herman, A.B., Spicer, R.A., 1997, The Koryak flora: Did the Early Tertiary deciduous flora begin in the Late Maastrichtian of northeastern Russia? Proceedings 4th European Palaeobot. and Palynol. Conf. (Heerlen, September 1994), 87-92.

Herman, A.B., Spicer, R.A., 1997, New quantitative palaeoclimate data for the Late Cretaceous Arctic: evidence for a warm polar ocean. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 128:227-251.

Herman, A.B., Spicer, R.A., 1997, Continental Cretaceous of Northeastern Russia and Alaska: a comparison of floras and palaeoclimate. Stratigraphy and Geological Correlation, 5:60-66. [in Russian and in English].

Herman, A. B., and Spicer, R.A., 1997, Palaeocontinental Reconstructions of North Eastern Russia and Alaska: stratigraphy, floras and palaeoclimates. (In Russian). Geological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences Report. 13pp.

Herman, A.B. and Spicer, R.A., 1996, Nilssoniocladus in the Cretaceous Arctic: new species and biological insights. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. 92: 229-243.

Spicer, R.A., Rees, P.M., and Herman, A.B., 1996, The Cretaceous Vegetation and Climate of Asia: some insights. Memoir Geological Society of India 37:405-433.

Herman A.B., and Spicer, R.A., 1996, Palaeobotanical evidence for a warm Cretaceous Arctic Ocean, Monthly Nature, 1996, Vol. 4, No. 3 (39), 106-109.

Herman A.B., and Spicer, R.A., 1996, Palaeobotanical evidence for a warm Cretaceous Arctic Ocean. Nature 380:330-333.

Herman, A.B., and Spicer, R.A. 1995, Latest Cretaceous flora of Northeastern Russia and the "terminal Cretaceous event". Paleontological Journal, 29:22-35.

Kovach, W.L., and Spicer, R.A., 1995, Canonical Correspondence Analysis of Leaf Physiognomy: a Contribution to the Development of a New palaeoclimatological Tool. Palaeoclimates, 1:125-138.

Harger, J.R.E., Malling, S.T., Sorensen, W., Spicer, R.A., Wasser, H.J., 1994. Forests and Carbon Sequestering through Time: Lessons for the Present and Future. In Carbon Balance of World's Forested Ecosystems: Towards a Global Assessment. Publications of the Academy of Finland. 3/93:176-200.

Povey, D.A.R., Spicer, R.A., England, P.C., 1994, Palaeobotanical Investigation of early Tertiary Palaeoelevations in northeastern Nevada: Initial Results. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 81:1-10.

Spicer, R.A., Rees, P. McA, Chapman, J. L., 1993. Cretaceous phytogeography and climate signals. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, Biol Sci 341, N 1297: 277- 286.

Spicer, R.A. 1993, Plant Biomechanics: An Engineering Approach to Plant Form and Function. Journal of Ecology, 81:592–593.

Harger, J.R.E., Sorensen, W., Spicer, R.A., Wasser, H.J., Malling, S.T., Kartawinata, k., Sastrapradja, D., Hadley, M., Sastrapradja, S., and Soeriaatmadja, R.E., 1992, Contending with Global Change: Study No. 5, Human action to control global climate through designed ecosystems. UNESCO/ROSTSEA, Indonesia, 22pp.

Spicer, R.A., 1992, Frontiers in Palaeobotany, in Palaeobiology: Preparing for the Twenty-First Century, Instituto Juan March de Estudios e Investigaciones, pp.101-130.

Spicer, R.A., and Corfield, R. 1992. A Review of Terrestrial and Marine Climates in the Cretaceous and Implications for Modelling the Greenhouse Earth. Geol. Mag. 129:168-180.

Spicer, R.A., Parrish, J.T., and Grant, P.R., 1992, Evolution of Vegetation and Coal Forming Environments in the Late Cretaceous of the north Slope of Alaska: A Model for Polar Coal Deposition at Times of Global Warmth. In McCabe, P.J., and Parrish, J.T. (Eds.) Controls on the Deposition of Cretaceous Coal, Geol. Soc. Amer. Spec. Pub. 267:177-192.

Spicer, R.A., 1991, Palaeoecology, Past Climate Systems, and C3/C4 Photosynthesis, In Proceedings of the UNESCO/UNEP/DOE Regional Workshop on the Carbon Cycle, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. (No page numbers in volume)

Spicer, R.A., 1991, Contributor to Opportunities and Priorities in Arctic Geoscience, National Research Council, National Academy Press, Washington DC., 67p.

Spicer, R.A., 1991, Plant Taphonomic Processes. In Taphonomy: Releasing the Data Locked in the Fossil Record (eds Allison., P.A. and Briggs, D.E.G.. Plenum Press, New York. ISBN 0-306-43876-3. pp. 71–113.

Spicer, R.A. and Chapman, J.E., 1990, The evolution of high latitude floras, Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 5:279-284.

Spicer, R.A., 1990 Feuding over the nearest living relatives, Journal of Biogeography 17:335-336.

Spicer, R.A. and Parrish., J.T., 1990, Late Cretaceous - Early Tertiary Palaeoclimates of Northern High Latitudes: A Quantitative View. J.Geol. Soc. Lond. 147:329-341.

Spicer R.A. and Parrish, J.T., 1990, Latest Cretaceous Woods of the Central North Slope Alaska, Palaeontology, 33:225-242.

Parrish, J.T., Parrish, J.M., Hutchison, J.H., and Spicer, R.A., 1989, Late Cretaceous Vertebrate Fossils from the North Slope of Alaska and Implications for Dinosaur Ecology : Comment and Reply, Palaios, 4:299-230.

Spicer, R.A., 1989, Physiological Characteristics of Land Plants in Relation to Environment through time. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences 80:321-329.

Spicer, R.A., 1989, Plants at the Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society London, B 325, 291-305.

Spicer, R.A., 1989, The formation and interpretation of plant fossil assemblages. Advances in Botanical Research, 16:95- 191.

Brouwers, E.M., Spicer, R.A., and Clemens, W.A., 1988, Arctic Dinosaurs and Terminal Cretaceous Extinctions, Science, v.239, p.11. (30%)

Spicer, R.A., 1988, Quantitative sampling of plant megafossil assemblages. In Methods and Applications of Plant Paleoecology, Paleontological Society Special Publication No. 3, 29-51.

Parrish, J.T., and Spicer, R.A., 1988, North Polar Late Cretaceous temperature curve: evidence from plant fossils. Geology, 16:22-25.

Parrish, J.T., and Spicer, R.A., 1988, Middle Cretaceous Wood from the Nanushuk Group, Central North Slope, Alaska. Palaeontology, 31:19-34.

Boulter, M. C., Spicer, R.A., and Thomas, B.A., 1988, Patterns of plant extinction from some palaeobotanical evidence, In Larwood, G., (ed), Extinction and Survival in the Fossil Record, Systematics Association Special Volume No. 34, Oxford University Press, p.1-36.

Brouwers, E.M., Clemens, W.A., Spicer, R.A., Ager, T., Carter, D.L., and Sliter, W.V., 1987, Dinosaurs on the North Slope, Alaska: Reconstructions of high latitude, latest Cretaceous environments. Science, 237:1608-1610.

Parrish, J.T., Parrish, J.M., Hutchison, J.H., and Spicer, R.A., 1987, Late Cretaceous Vertebrate Fossils from the North Slope of Alaska and Implications for Dinosaur Ecology, Palaios, 2:377-389.

Spicer, R.A., and Parrish, J.T., 1987, Plant megafossils, vertebrate remains, and paleoclimate of the Kogosukruk Tongue (Late Cretaceous), North Slope, Alaska. In Hamilton, T. D., and Galloway, J.P., Geologic Studies in Alaska by the United States Geological Survey during 1986, U.S. Geological Survey Circular 993. p. 47-48.

Spicer, R.A., and Wolfe, J.A., 1987, Taphonomy of Holocene deposits in Trinity (Clair Engle) Lake, Northern California. Paleobiology, 13:227-245.

Spicer, R.A., Wolfe, J.A., and Nichols, D., 1987, Alaskan Cretaceous- Tertiary Floras and Arctic Origins. Paleobiology, 13:73- 83.

Spicer, R.A., 1986, Pectinal veins: a new concept in terminology for the description of dicotyledonous leaf venation patterns, Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 93:379-388. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8339.1986.tb01032.x

Thomas, B.A., and Spicer, R.A., 1986, Meyenodendron borealis: a new lepidodendrid of Angaran affinity from Northern Alaska. Bull. Brit. Mus. Nat. Hist (Geol.), 40:293-297.

Spicer, R.A., and Parrish, J.T., 1986, Paleobotanical evidence for cool North Polar climates in the mid-Cretaceous (Albian- Cenomanian), Geology, 14:703-706.

Burnham, R.J., and Spicer, R.A., 1986, Forest litter preserved by volcanic activity at El Chichón, Mexico: a potentially accurate record of the pre-eruption vegetation. Palaios, 1:158- 161.

Spicer, R.A., Burnham, R.J., Grant, P.R., and Glicken, H., 1985, Pityrogramma calomelanos, the primary, post eruption colonizer of Volcán Chichonal, Chiapas, Mexico. American Fern Journal, 53:1-5.

Spicer, R.A., 1981, The sorting and deposition of allochthonous plant material in a modern environment at Silwood Lake, Silwood Park, Berkshire, England. U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1143, 77p.

Detterman, R.L., and Spicer, R.A., 1981, New stratigraphic assignment for rocks along Igilatvik (Sabbath) Creek, William O. Douglas Arctic Wildlife Range, Alaska. U.S.Geological Survey in Alaska, Accomplishments During 1979, U.S. Geological Survey Circular 823-B, p.11-12.

Alvin, K.L., Fraser, C.J., and Spicer, R.A., 1981, Anatomy and

palaeoecology of Pseudofrenelopsis and associated conifers in the English Wealden. Palaeontology 24:.7

Spicer, R.A., Cullip, R.J., and Poore, R.Z., 1980, MAGIC: Computer

Programs for Paleontologists available on MULTICS. U.S. Geological Survey Open-file Report 80-317.

Spicer, R.A., 1979, The sorting and deposition of allochthonous plant

material in a modern environment at Silwood lake, Silwood Park, Berkshire, England. U.S. Geological Survey Open-file Report 79-1240.

Spicer R.A., and McC. Newberry, D., 1979, The terrestrial vegetation of an Indian Ocean coral island: Willingili, Addu Atoll, Maldive Islands: I Transect analysis of the vegetation. Atoll Research Bulletin No. 231, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., p.1-14.

McC. Newberry, D., and Spicer, R.A., 1979, The terrestrial vegetation of an Indian Ocean coral island: Wilingili, Addu Atoll, Maldive Islands: II A limited quantitative analysis of the vegetation distribution. Atoll Research Bulletin, No. 231, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., p.15-25.

Spicer, R.A., and Hill, C.R., 1979, Principal components and Correspondence Analyses of quantitative data from a Jurassic plant bed. Review of Paleobotany and Palynology, 28:273-299.

Alvin, K.L., Spicer, R.A., and Watson, J., 1978, A Classopollis- containing male cone associated with Pseudofrenelopsis. Palaeontology, 21:847-856.

Spicer, R.A., 1977, The pre-depositional formation of some leaf impressions. Palaeontology 20:907-912.

Spicer, R.A., Sengupta, S., and Phillips, L., 1976, Low temperature preparation of pteridophyte spores and sporangia for SEM. Journal of Microscopy, 106:351-354.

Spicer, R.A., Grant, P.R., and Muir, M.D., 1974, An inexpensive portable freeze-drying unit for SEM specimen preparation. Scanning Electron Microscopy/1974 (part 1). Proceedings of the Seventh Annual Scanning Electron Microscope Symposium IIT Research Institute, Chicago, Illinois, p.229-304.

Muir, M.D., Spicer, R.A., Grant, P.R., and Giddens, R., 1974, X-ray microanalysis in the SEM for the determination of elements in modern and fossil microorganisms. Eighth International Congress on Electron Microscopy, Canberra. Vol. II, p.104- 105.

(b) Books - Authored

Thomas, B.A., and Spicer, R.A., 1987, The Evolution and

Palaeobiology of Land Plants, Croom Helm, 309p.

Spicer, R.A., 1981, Plant Megafossils from the Middle Cretaceous Yukon-Koyukuk Province West Central Alaska, USGS Contract Report 14-08-0001-19175, p.187 +55 Plates.

(c) Books – Edited

Allen, J.R.L., Hoskins, B.J., Sellwood, B.W., Spicer, R.A., and Valdes, P.J., (Eds.) 1994. Palaeoclimates and Their Modelling. Chapman and Hall (for the Royal Society), 140pp.

Spicer, R.A., and Thomas, B.A., 1986, (eds.) Systematic and Taxonomic Approaches in Palaeobotany, Systematics Association Special Volume No. 31, Oxford University Press, 321p.

(d) Chapters in books

Spicer, R.A. 2018. Phytopaleoaltimetry: Using Plant Fossils to Measure Past Land Surface Elevation. Chapter 7 in Mountains Climate and Biodiversity, Hoorn, C, Perrigo, A, Antonelli, A., (Eds.), ISBN 9781119159872, pp.95-109.

Spicer, R.A., 2010. Recording Palaeontological Information. Chapter 5 in Geological Field Techniques. Coe, A. (Ed.), Wiley Blackwell. ISBN 978-1-4443-3061-8 (hardback)？ISBN 978-1-4443-3062-5 (paperback) pp. 79-101.

Spicer, R.A., 2008. CLAMP. In: Gornitz V (ed) Encyclopedia of paleoclimatology and ancient environments. Springer, Dordrecht, pp 156–158.

Spicer, R.A., 2003. The Changing Climate and Biota. In The Cretaceous World. (Ed. Skelton P.W.) Cambridge University Press. pp. 86-162. ISBN 0-521-831121-1.

Spicer, R.A., 2000. Leaf Physiognomy and Climate Change, In Biotic Response to Global change: the Last 145 Million Years, Culver, S.J.,and Rawson, P., (eds.) p. 244-264. Cambridge University Press. ISBN0-521-66304-0.

Wolfe, J.A., and Spicer, R.A., 1999. Fossil Leaf Character States: Multivariate Analysis. In Jones, T.P., and Rowe, N.P. (eds.) Fossil Plants and Spores: Modern Techniques. Geological Society, London, 233-239. ISBN 1-86239-035-5

Raven, J.A., and Spicer, R.A., 1996. The Evolution of Crassulacean Acid Metabolism. In Crassulacean Acid Metabolism. Ecological Studies Vol. 114. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, pp. 360-385.

Askin. R.A. and Spicer, R.A., 1995. The Late Cretaceous and Cenozoic History of Vegetation and Climate at Northern and Southern High Latitudes: A Comparison. In Effects of Past Global Change on Life, Studies in Geophysics, National Research Council, National Academy Press, Washington, pp. 156-173.

Spicer, R.A., Davies, K.S., Herman, A.B., 1994. Circum-Arctic plant fossils and the Cretaceous-Tertiary transition. Cenozoic Plants and Climates of the Arctic. Ed. by M.C.Boulter and H.C.Fisher. NATO ASI Ser., Ser. I: Global environmental change, Vol. 27. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, pp. 161-174.

Spicer, R.A., Rees, P.M., and Chapman, J.L., 1994. Cretaceous Phytogeography and Climate Signals. Palaeoclimates and Their Modelling, Allen, J.R.L., Hoskins, B.J., Sellwood, B.W., Spicer, R.A., and Valdes, P.J., (Eds.) Chapman and Hall, 69-78.

Spicer, R.A., 1993. Land Plants, in The Encyclopaedic Dictionary of the Solid Earth Sciences, Blackwell Scientific Publications Ltd.

Spicer, R.A., 1992. Contributor to Paleoenvironmental Contexts and Taphonomic modes in Terrestrial Ecosystems ThroughTime, Behrensmeyer, A.K., Damuth, J.D., DiMichele, W.A., Potts, R., Sues, H. and Wing, S.L. (eds.), University of Chicago Press. pp. 15 - 136.

Spicer, R.A., 1992. Contributor to Mesozoic and Early Cenozoic Ecosystems Chapter in Terrestrial Ecosystems Through Time, Behrensmeyer, A.K., Damuth, J.D., DiMichele, W.A., Potts, R., Sues, H. and Wing, S.L. (eds.), University of Chicago Press. pp. 327-416.

Spicer, R.A., 1991. Plant Taphonomic Processes, In Taphonomy: Releasing the data locked in the fossil record, D.E. G. Briggs and P. Allison (Eds.) Plenum Press, pp. 71-113.

Allen, J.R.L., Spicer, R.A., Behrensmeyer, A.K. 1990.Transport/hydrodynamics of plant material, in Palaeobiology A Synthesis, D.E.G. Briggs and P.R. Crowther (Eds.), Blackwell Scientific Publications Ltd., p.230-232.

Spicer, R.A., 1990. Fossils as Environmental Indicators - Climate from Plants, in Palaeobiology A Synthesis, D.E.G. Briggs and P.R. Crowther (Eds.), Blackwell Scientific Publications Ltd., p.401-403.

Spicer, R.A., 1990. Reconstructing High Latitude Cretaceous Vegetation and Climate: Arctic and Antarctic Compared, In (Taylor, T.N. & Taylor, E. L., eds.) Antarctic Paleobiology and its Role in the Reconstruction of Gondwana , Springer-Verlag, New York. 27-36. ISBN 0-387-97006-1.

Spicer, R.A., 1987. The significance of the Cretaceous flora of Northern Alaska for the reconstruction of the Cretaceous Climate. In Kemper, E., (ed.) Das Klima der Kreide-Zeit. Geologisches Jahrbuch, series A. v. 96, pp.265-291.

Spicer, R.A., 1987. Late Cretaceous floras and terrestrial environment of northern Alaska, In Weimer, P., and Tailleur, I.L., (eds.), Alaskan North Slope Geology, Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists, Pacific Section, Bakersfield, California p.497-512.

Spicer, R.A., and Thomas, B.A., 1987. A Mississippian Alaska-Siberian connection: evidence from plant megafossils. In Weimer, P., and Tailleur, I.L., (eds.), Alaskan North Slope Geology Alaskan North Slope Geology, Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists, Pacific Section, Bakersfield, California, p.355-358.

Spicer, R.A., 1986. Comparative leaf architectural analysis of Cretaceous radiating angiosperms. In Spicer, R.A., and Thomas, B.A.,(eds.) Systematic and Taxonomic Approaches to Palaeobotany, Systematics Association Special Volume No. 31, p.223-233.

Spicer, R.A., 1986. Computerized palaeobotanical data bases: the way forward? In Spicer, R.A., and Thomas, B.A., (eds.) Systematic and Taxonomic Approaches in Palaeobotany, Systematics Association Special Volume No. 31, p.285-297.

Spicer, R.A., and Greer, A.G., 1986. Plant taphonomy in fluvial and lacustrine systems, In Broadhead, T., (ed.) Land Plants, University of Tennessee Department of Geological Sciences Studies in Geology 15, p.10-26.

Spicer, R.A., 1980. The importance of depositional sorting to the biostratigraphy of fossil plants. In Dilcher, D.L., and Taylor, T.N., (eds), Biostratigraphy of Fossil Plants, Dowden, Hutchinson and Ross Inc., Stroudsburg, Pa., p.171-183.

Muir, M.D., Hamilton, L.H., Grant, P.R., and Spicer, R.A., 1974. A comparative study of modern and fossil microbes, using X-ray microanalysis and cathodoluminescence. In Hall, T., Echlin, P., and Kaufmann, R.(eds.), Microprobe Analysis as Applied to Cells and Tissues, Academic Press, London and New York.

(e) Not Refereed

Spicer, R.A., 1986, Geological Factors in Plant Evolution, Tiffney, B.H.(ed.), Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 1985, 296p, Science, v.231, p.626-627 (Book Review).

Spicer, R.A., 1984, Telling dicots from monocots. The Living Countryside, v.15, p.3532-3534.

Spicer, R.A., 1984, A story in our rocks-Geology of the British Isles. The Living Countryside v.15, p.3476-3481.

Spicer, R.A., 1984, The vital role of leaves. The Living Countryside v.15, p. 3408-3411.

Spicer, R.A., 1983, Plant Megafossils from Albian to Paleocene Rocks in Alaska, Contract Report to Office of National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska, U.S. Geological Survey, 521p.

Spicer, R.A., 1983, Magnolias and Tulip trees. The Living Countryside v.11,p. 2441-2443.

(f) Other Works

Spicer, R.A., Herman, A.B., Spicer, T.E.V., Yang, J. 2017- Present: Arctic Plant Fossils – Polar Vegetation in the Cretaceous and Paleogene: http://arcticfossils.nsii.org.cn/

Spicer, R.A., 2002 – Present: CLAMP Website: http://clamp.ibcas.ac.cn/

Valdes, P.J., Spicer, R.A., Sellwood, B. W., 1999. Palaeoclimates: Modelling Ancient Weather (CD ROM). Mac and Windows. Gordon and Breach Science Publishers. (Adopted for Open University Course S369)

Spicer, R.A., Herman, A.B., 1994, Alaskan and Russian Cretaceous and Tertiary Leaf Drawings (CD ROM). The Open University, Milton Keynes.