Matthew J. Poundhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-8029-9548,^1,* Jennifer M. K. O'Keefehttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-1793-593X,^2,** Noelia B. Nuñez Otaño,^3,*** James B. Riding<sup>4,****

1</sup>aDepartment of Geography and Environmental Science, Northumbria University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK
²bDepartment of Earth and Space Science, Morehead State University, Morehead, KY, USA
³cFacultad de Ciencia y Tecnología (FCyT), Universidad Autónoma de Entre Ríos (UADER), Oro Verde, Arg
⁴dBritish Geological Survey, Environmental Science Centre, Keyworth, Nottingham, UK

^*Matthew Pound is a senior lecturer in physical geography at Northumbria University. His research interests are in palaeoenvironmental and palaeo-climatic reconstructions using palynology, global-scale biogeography and melissopalynology.
^**Jen O'Keefe is a palynologist and organic petrographer in the Department of Earth and Space Sciences at Morehead State University. Her interests lie in improving processing techniques, melissopalynology, fungal palynology, and wetland ecology from the Cretaceous to Neogene.
^***Noelia B. Nuñez Otaño is a mycologist and science editor at the Autonomous University of Entre Ríos. She was a Fulbright Visiting Scholar at Morehead State University in 2017. Her expertise is in the study of fungal diversity from modern and ancient environments.
^****James B. Riding is a palynologist with the British Geological Survey, based in Nottingham, UK. His palynological interests are wide-ranging and include Mesozoic-Cenozoic palynology, paleoenvironmental palynology, floral provinces, forensic palynology, preparation techniques, the history of palynology, and the morphology, systematics and taxonomy of dinoflagellate cysts.