O what an endless worke have I in hand,

To count the seas abundant progeny,

Whose fruitfull seede far passeth those in land.

– Edmund Spenser: The Faerie Queene, Book IV, Canto XII (1589)

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The international peer-reviewed journals Micropaleontology and Stratigraphy publish research that applies to the history of the earth's biosphere and physical environments, based on the evidence from the stratigraphic record.

For over 70 years, discoveries of new fossil micro-organisms have been added to the ever-growing Ellis and Messina Catalogues, the international authority on identification in three main groups. All told, the Catalogues of Foraminifera (since 1942), Ostracoda (since 1954) and Diatoms (since 1982) now approach 82,000 original illustrated descriptions in 210 looseleaf volumes, with more than 1,000 pages added annually. The complete Catalogues are available on the internet for all subscribers, with annually updated DVD backup.

In partnership with the American Geological Institute, the online service Bibliography and Index of Micropaleontology provides a complete guide to the literature since 1972, in an efficient and user-friendly interface. The Handbook of Cenozoic Calcareous Nannoplankton, among other Micro Press publications, is an illustrated guide to all currently recognized taxa in the sub-microscopic coccolithophore algae.

Current issues of Micropaleotology and Stratigraphy are in open public access.

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