Dr. Francesca Galasso

Publications:

Schneebeli-Hermann, E., & Galasso, F. 2025. Resilient gymnosperms: reassessing floral dynamics at the permian–triassic extinction in Meishan. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 105373. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.revpalbo.2025.105373

 Ajuaba, S., Galasso F., Sachsenhofer, R., Garlichs, U. T., Gross D., Schneebeli-Hermann, E., Misch D., & Oriabure, J. 2024. The Toarcian Posidonia Shale at Salem (North Alpine Foreland Basin; South Germany): Hydrocarbon potential and paleogeography. International Journal of Earth Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00531-024-02392-z.

Galasso, F.*, Heimhofer, U., & Schneebeli-Hermann, E. 2023. The Cenomanian/Turonian boundary in light of new developments in terrestrial palynology. Sci Rep 13, 3074. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-30072-6.

Galasso, F.*, Bucher, H., & Schneebeli-Hermann, E. 2022b. Mapping monstrosity: Malformed sporomorphs across the Smithian/Spathian boundary interval and beyond (Salt Range, Pakistan). Global and Planetary Change, 103975. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2022.103975.

Galasso, F.*, Feist-Burkhardt S., & Schneebeli-Hermann, E. 2022a. Galasso, F., Feist-Burkhardt, S., & Schneebeli-Hermann, E. (2022). Do spores herald the Toarcian Oceanic Anoxic Event?. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 104748. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.revpalbo.2022.104748.

Galasso, F.*, Feist-Burkhardt S., & Schneebeli-Hermann, E. 2022. The palynology of the Toarcian Oceanic Anoxic Event at Dormettingen, southwest Germany, with emphasis on changes in vegetational dynamics. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 104701. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.revpalbo.2022.104701

 Ajuaba, S.*, Sachsenhofer, R. F., Bechtel, A., Galasso, F., Gross, D., Misch, D., & Schneebeli-Hermann, E. 2022. Biomarker and compound-specific isotope records across the Toarcian CIE at the Dormettingen section in SW Germany. International Journal of Earth Sciences, 1-31. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00531-022-02196-z.

Spina, A.*, Cirilli, S., Sorci, A., Schito, A., Clayton, G., Corrado, S., Fernandes, P., Galasso, F., Montesi, G., Pereira, Z., Rashidi, M. & Rettori, R. 2021. Assessing Thermal Maturity through a Multi-Proxy Approach: A Case Study from the Permian Faraghan Formation (Zagros Basin, Southwest Iran). Geosciences, 11(12), 484. https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences11120484.

Galasso, F.*, Schmid-Röhl, A., Feist-Burkhardt, S., Bernasconi, S. M., & Schneebeli-Hermann, E. 2021. Changes in organic matter composition during the Toarcian Oceanic Anoxic Event (T-OAE) in the Posidonia Shale Formation from Dormettingen (SW-Germany). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 110327. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2021.110327.

Pereira, Z., Fernandes, P., Lopes, G., Marques, J., Vaz, M., Costa, M., Correia, J., Castro, L., & Galasso F. 2019. Palynology of the Muarádzi sub-basin, Moatize-Minjova coal basin, Karoo supergroup, Mozambique. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 269, 78-93. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.revpalbo.2019.06.006.

Galasso, F.*, Fernandes, P., Montesi, G., Marques, J., Spina, A., & Pereira, Z. 2019. Thermal history and basin evolution of the Moatize-Minjova Coal Basin (N'Condédzi sub-basin, Mozambique) constrained by organic maturation levels. Journal of African Earth Sciences, 153, 219-238. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2019.02.020.

Galasso, F., Pereira, Z.*, Fernandes, P., Spina, A., & Marques, J. 2019. First record of Permo-Triassic palynomorphs of the N'Condédzi sub-basin, Moatize-Minjova Coal Basin, Karoo Supergroup, Mozambique. Revue de Micropaléontologie, 64, 100357. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.revmic.2019.05.001