Paula Mejia
Paula Mejia
Address
CTPA
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Ancon, Panama City - Panama
APO, AA 34002-0948
Laboratory of Paleobotany and Palynology
Florida Museum of Natural History
P.O. Box 117800
Gainesville, Florida 32611-7800
USA
pmejia@flmnh.ufl.edu
Education
MSc Botany and Geology - University of Florida (2004 - Current)
BSc Biology: University of Antioquia, Medellin - Colombia, 1997 - 2004
Grants and Fellowships
Deep Time Project Travel Grant, 2006.
Evolving Earth Foundation Grant, 2005.
Becker-Dilcher Endowment Fund of the Florida Foundation, 2004.
Research Interests
Origin, radiation and geographical patterns followed by angiosperms during the Cretaceous, composition of tropical ecosystems by the Cretaceous, origin of tropical rain forests, biogeography of angiosperms and ferns during the Cretaceous, Cretaceous biostratigraphy in tropical areas.
Current Research
Composition of Early Cretaceous ecosystems in tropical ecosystems inferred from palynofloras and how their palynomorph abundance and species richness differ from higher latitude ecosystems.
Published Abstracts of Papers Presented at Professional Meetings
Mejia P., Dilcher D., Jaramillo C. 2006. Early angiosperm evolution in tropical latitudes inferred from Cretaceous palynofloras. Advances in Paleobotany, Gainesville - Florida, March 12-15.
Mejia P., Dilcher D., Jaramillos C. 2006. Early angiosperm evolution in tropical latitudes inferred from Cretaceous palynofloras. 23rd Mid Continental Paleobotanical Colloquium, Gainesville- Florida, March 10-12.
Mejia P., Dilcher D., Jaramillo C. 2005. Early angiosperm evolution in tropical latitudes. 38th AASP Meeting, St Louis-Missouri, September 18-21.
Mejia P., Dilcher D. 2005. Diversification of angiosperms in the tropics: Lower Cretaceous palynomorphs from the Caballos Fm. 22nd Mid Continental Paleobotanical Colloquium, Miledgville, Georgia, April 8-9.
Mejia P., Jaramillo C. 2004. Do tropical floodplains from the Aptian contain less angiosperms than tropical foodplains from the Maastrichtian? XI International Palynology Congress, Grenada, Spain, Polen 14: 448.