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Michael Simms, Curator of Palaeontology

Michael Simms, Curator of Palaeontology Mike Simms is the boy on the left Department of Natural Sciences
National Museums Northern Ireland
153 Bangor Road
Cultra
Holywood
Co. Down, BT18 0EU
Telephone: (44)(0)28 9039 5242
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Responsible for: Curating and researching the fossil collections.

Deals with enquiries regarding: General geology and fossils, meteorites, lichens.

Research interests: Fossil crinoids; Lower Jurassic stratigraphy; post-Palaeozoic geology in Ireland; karst geomorphology; landscape history of Ireland.

Selected Recent Publications:

Simms, M.J. and Farrant, A.R. 2011. Landscape evolution in south-east Wales: Evidence from aquifer geometry and surface topography associated with the Ogof Draenen cave system. Cave and Karst Science, 38, 7-16.

Simms, M.J. 2011b. Meteorites and the Moon. Meteorite, 17 (1), 11-15.

Simms, M.J. 2011a. Stereom microstructure of columnal latera: a character for assessing phylogenetic relationships in articulate crinoids. Swiss Journal of Palaeontology, 130, 143-154.

Simms, M.J. 2009. The Permian and Mesozoic.
Pp. 311-332 in C.H.Holland and I.S.Sanders (eds), The Geology of Ireland, 2nd Edition. Dunedin Academic Press, 568 pp.

Simms, M.J. and Jeram, A.J. 2007. Waterloo Bay, Larne, Northern Ireland: a candidate Global Stratotype Section and Point for the base of the Hettangian Stage and Jurassic System. Newsletter of the International Subcommission on Jurassic Stratigraphy, 34(1), 50-68.

Simms, M.J. 2006. Exploring the limestone landscapes of the Burren and the Gort lowlands.
Second Revised Edition. Published by the author, 64 pp.

Simms, M.J. 2004. Tortoises and Hares: dissolution, erosion and isostasy in landscape evolution.
Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 29, 477-494.

Simms, M.J., Chidlaw, N., Morton, N. and Page, K.N. 2004. British Lower Jurassic Stratigraphy.
Geological Conservation Review Series, No 30, 458 pp.

All Publications:

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160. Simms, M.J. 2013c. The extraordinary story of the most ‘ordinary’ meteorites: The L Chondrites. Meteorite. 19 (4), 14-19.

159. Simms, M.J. 2013b. The extraordinary story of the most ‘ordinary’ meteorites: The L Chondrites – Part 1. Stardust: The Journal of the Irish Astronomical Association. 46 (4), 19-21.

158. Simms, M.J. 2013a. The extraordinary story of the most ‘ordinary’ meteorites: The L Chondrites – Part 1. Stardust: The Journal of the Irish Astronomical Association. 46 (3), 13-1.

157. Farrant, A. R., Simms, M. J. and Noble, S. R. 2013. Subterranean glacial spillways: an example from the karst of South Wales, UK. In: 16th International Congress of Speleology, Brno, Czech Republic, 21-28 July 2013. Prague, Czech Republic, Czech Speleological Society.

156. Hillebrandt, A.v., Krystyn, L., Kürschner, W.M., Bonis, N.R., Ruhl, M., Richoz, S., Schobben, M.A.N., Urlichs, M., Bown, P.R., Kment, K., McRoberts, C.A., Simms, M., and Tomãsových, A. 2013. The Global Stratotype Sections and Point (GSSP) for the base of the Jurassic System at Kuhjoch (Karwendel Mountains, Northern Calcareous Alps, Tyrol, Austria). Episodes, 36, 162-198.

155. Nash, G.H., van Calsteren, P., Thomas, L. and Simms, M.J. 2012. A discovery of possible Upper Palaeolithic parietal art in Cathole Cave, Gower peninsula, south Wales. Proceedings of the University of Bristol Spelaeological Society, 25, 327-338.

154. Paul, C.R.C. and Simms, M.J. 2012. Epizoans on ammonites from the Lower Jurassic of the Severn Basin, southern England, and their palaeoenvironmental significance. Proceedings of the Geologists’ Association, 123, 508-519.

153. Simms, M.J. 2012. Ulster Museum Focus: Ancient sea lilies adrift on the high sea. Earth Science Ireland, 11, 34-35

152. Simms, M.J. 2012. Ulster Museum Focus: An ancient sea monster revealed. Earth Science Ireland, 11, 30-31.

151. Simms, M.J. 2011g. Britain’s oldest rock art – Found and Lost. Descent,

150. Nash, G., van Calsteren, P., Thomas, L. and Simms, M.J. 2011. Rock around the Gower. Minerva, November/December 2011, 22-24.

149. Simms, M.J. 2011f. Meteorites and the Moon. Science Spin, 49, 25-28.

148. Simms, M.J. 2011e. The Triassic timescale edited by Spencer G. Lucas. Geological Society Special Publication, 334, 2010 (book review). Geological Journal, 46, 658–659.

147. Simms, M.J. 2011d. Where are all the terrestrial meteorites? Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 46 (Supplement), A214.

146. Simms, M.J. and Farrant, A.R. 2011b. Inferring the extent of scarp retreat and valley incision during the development of the Ogof Draenen cave system, south Wales. Cave and Karst Science, 38, 101.

145. Simms, M.J. and Farrant, A.R. 2011a. Landscape evolution in south-east Wales: Evidence from aquifer geometry and surface topography associated with the Ogof Draenen cave system. Cave and Karst Science, 38, 7-16.

144. Farrant, A.R. and Simms, M.J. 2011. Ogof Draenen; spelaeogenesis of a hydrological see-saw from the karst of South Wales. Cave and Karst Science, 38, 31-52.

143. Simms, M.J. 2011c. How I became hooked on meteorites. Stardust: The Journal of the Irish Astronomical Association. 44 (2), 14-16.

142. Simms, M.J. 2011b. Meteorites and the Moon. Meteorite, 17 (1), 11-15.

141. Simms, M.J. 2011a. Stereom microstructure of columnal latera: a character for assessing phylogenetic relationships in articulate crinoids. Swiss Journal of Palaeontology, 130, 143-154.

140. Simms, M.J. 2010c. Lake-shore karren: a neglected area of karst research. Cave and Karst Science, 37, 28.

139. Simms, M.J. 2010b. Tortoises and hares: dissolution, erosion, isostasy and long-term landscape evolution. Cave and Karst Science, 37, 28.

138. Simms, M.J. 2010a. The pit and the pedestal: tales of the unexpected. Cave and Karst Science, 37, 28.

137. Wyse Jackson, P.N., Parkes, M. and Simms, M. 2010. Geology of Ireland: county by county. Geoschol Books, Trinity College Dublin. 144 pp. (PDFs for individual county descriptions can be downloaded from http://www.geoschol.com/ireland.html)

136. Simms, M.J. 2010c. Tortoises and Hares in the Irish landscape. Proceedings Belfast Naturalists' Field Club, 11 (4), 69.

135. Simms, M.J. 2010b. Rush and Loughshinny, Co. Dublin. Proceedings Belfast Naturalists' Field Club, 11 (4), 26-28.

134. Simms, M.J. 2010a. Mudflats, mountains and Magnesian Limestone. Proceedings Belfast Naturalists' Field Club, 11 (4), 23-24.

131. Simms, M.J. 2009b. Meteorites and the Moon. Stardust: The publication of the Irish Astronomical Association. 43 (1), 17-20.

130. Simms, M.J. 2009a. The Permian and Mesozoic. Pp. 311-332 in C.H.Holland and I.S.Sanders (eds), The Geology of Ireland, 2nd Edition. Dunedin Academic Press, 568 pp.

129. Simms, M.J. 2008b. Dermatocarpon intestiniforme, Diploschistes gypsaceus, Lecanora conferta, Lobaria scrobiculata, Pyrenula hibernica, Pseudocyphellaria crocata, Umbilicaria polyphylla, Umbilicaria torrefacta. [New, rare and interesting British lichen records]
British Lichen Society Bulletin, 103, 47, 48, 49, 51, 52.

128. Simms, M.J. 2008a. Licheneering around Ireland. Biodiversity in Ireland, 2, 8.

127. Simms, M.J. and Parkes, M.A. 2008. Holey rocks and holey ghosts: The threatened karst of the Great Western Lakes. Pp. 13-17 in Huxley, C.R. and Irvine, K. (eds), The Great Western Lakes: Ecology, Heritage and Management, Trinity College Dublin.

126. Simms, M.J. and Hunt, J.B. 2008. Flow capture and reversal in the Agen Allwedd entrance series, south Wales: Evidence for glacial flooding and impoundment.
Cave and Karst Science, 34, 69-76.

125. Simms, M.J. and Jeram, A.J. 2007. Waterloo Bay, Larne, Northern Ireland: a candidate Global Stratotype Section and Point for the base of the Hettangian Stage and Jurassic System. Newsletter of the International Subcommission on Jurassic Stratigraphy, 34(1), 50-68.

124. Simms, M.J. 2007. Uniquely extensive soft-sediment deformation in the Rhaetian of the UK: Evidence for earthquake or impact?
Palaeoecology, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, 244, 407-423.

123. Leroy, S.A.G and. Simms, M.J. 2006. Iron Age to Medieval entomogamous vegetation and Rhinolophus hipposideros roost in south-eastern Wales (UK).
Palaeoecology, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, 237, 4-18.

122. Simms, M.J. 2006a. Exploring the limestone landscapes of the Burren and the Gort lowlands.
Second Revised Edition. Published by the author, 64 pp.

121. Simms, M.J. 2005c. The Great Western Lakes.
Pp. 71-78 in Coxon, P. (ed), The Quaternary of central western Ireland: Field Guide, Quaternary Research Association, London.

120. Simms, M.J. 2005b. Glacial and karst landscapes of the Gort lowlands and Burren.
Pp. 39-63 in Coxon, P. (ed), The Quaternary of central western Ireland: Field Guide, Quaternary Research Association, London.

119. Simms, M.J. 2005a. Encyclopedia of Caves and Karst Science, J.Gunn (ed.) (book review).
Proceedings of the University of Bristol Spelaeological Society, 23, 149-150.

118. McCartan, S.B, Manning, P. and Simms, M.J. 2004. Stone artefacts.
Pp. 530-540 in Fitzpatrick, E., O’Brien, M. and Walsh, P. (eds), Archaeological investigations in Galway City, 1987-1998.

117. Simms, M.J., Chidlaw, N., Morton, N. and Page, K.N. 2004. British Lower Jurassic Stratigraphy.
Geological Conservation Review Series, No 30, 458 pp.

116. Simms, M.J. 2004h. The Geology of Northern Ireland, W.I.Mitchell (book review).
Quaternary Science Reviews, 23, 2552-2553.

115. Simms, M.J. 2004g. Appendix 5: Provenancing the [stone] Chair of Clann Aodha Buidhe.
Pp. 243-248 in Fitzpatrick, E., Royal Inauguration in Gaelic Ireland c.1100-1600: A cultural landscape study. Boydell Press, Woodbridge, Suffolk.

114. Simms, M.J. 2004f. Raw materials [for flaked stone assemblage].
Pp. 360-363 in O’Brien, W., Ross Island: Mining, Metal and Society in Early Ireland. Bronze Age Studies, 6, Department of Archaeology, National University of Ireland, Galway, 767 pp.

113. Simms, M.J. 2004e. Karst and Palaeokarst.
Pp. 678-687 in R.C.Selley, R.Cocks & I.Pilmer (eds), Encyclopedia of Geology, 4, Elsevier, Oxford.

112. Simms, M.J. 2004d. Crinoids.
Pp. 342-350 in R.C.Selley, R.Cocks & I.Pilmer (eds), Encyclopedia of Geology, 2, Elsevier, Oxford.

111. Simms, M.J. 2004c. Tortoises, hares and the evolution of the Irish landscape.
Pp. 37-40 in Parkes, M. (ed.), Natural and Cultural Landscapes: The Geological Foundation, Proceedings of a Conference, September 2002, Royal Irish Academy.

110. Simms, M.J. 2004b. Tortoises and Hares: dissolution, erosion and isostasy in landscape evolution.
Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 29, 477-494.

109. Simms, M.J. 2004a. Mennegazia terebrata, Sticta canariensis. [New, rare and interesting British lichen records]
British Lichen Society Bulletin, 93, 70, 73.

108. Simms, M.J. 2003i. The geomorphological history of the Burren and the Gort lowlands.
Pp. 15-30 in G.Mullan (ed.), The Caves of County Clare and South Galway, University of Bristol Spelaeological Society.

107. Simms, M.J. 2003h. The geology of the Burren and the Gort lowlands.
Pp. 9-14 in G.Mullan (ed.), The Caves of County Clare and South Galway, University of Bristol Spelaeological Society.

106. Simms, M.J. 2003g. The alienation of the Irish landscape.
Chimera, 18, 50-55.

105. Simms, M.J. 2003f. Memorable moments in the history of crinoids: highlights of their evolution and adaptation.
Mercian Geologist, 15, 240-241.

104. Simms, M.J. 2003e. Uniquely extensive seismite from the latest Triassic of the UK: Evidence for bolide impact?
Geology, 31, 557-560.

103. Simms, M.J. 2003d. Images from the past: Identifying the Giant.
Descent, 171, 19.

102. Simms, M.J. 2003c. The Lower Lias of northern Gloucestershire: New data on Early Jurassic stratigraphy and outcrop patterns from temporary exposures.
Proceedings of the Cotteswold Naturalists’ Field Club, 42, 191-205.

101. Simms, M.J. 2003b. Ripples from the Manicouagan impact?
Irish Journal of Earth Sciences, 20, 100-101.

100. Simms, M.J. 2003a. The origin of enigmatic, tubular, lake-shore karren: A mechanism for the rapid dissolution of limestone in carbonate-saturated waters.
Physical Geography, 23, 1-20.

99. Pedley, I., Giavarini, V., Simms, M.J. and Davey, S. 2002. Spring Field Meeting: Co. Donegal, May 6th-13th 2002.
British Lichen Society Bulletin, 91, 21-29.

98. Simms, M.J. 2002b. Belshaw's Quarry, Co. Antrim
Proceedings of the Belfast Naturalists' Field Club, 11(1), 39-40.

97. Simms, M.J. 2002a. Catapyrenium cinereum, Lecanactis premnea, Moelleropsis nebulosa, Parmelia laciniatula, Parmelia soredians, Rimularia limborina. [New, rare and interesting British lichen records]
British Lichen Society Bulletin, 90, 79, 81, 83, 84.

96. Simms, M.J. and Gilmour, M. 2002. Hunting the penultimate glaciation in western Ireland.
Irish Journal of Earth Sciences, 19, 129.

95. Simms, M.J. Little, C.T.S. and Rosen, B.R. 2002. Corals not serpulids: mineralized colonial fossils in the Lower Jurassic marginal facies of South Wales.
Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, 113, 31-36.

94. Simms, M.J. 2001h. Great tidal bores of the World.
Proceedings of the Belfast Naturalists' Field Club, 10 (10), 73-74.

93. Simms, M.J. 2001g. Irish Field Club Union, Sligo 2000: geology report.
Proceedings of the Belfast Naturalists' Field Club, 10 (10), 59-64.

92. Simms, M.J. 2001f. Irish Field Club Union, Sligo 2000: lichenology report.
Proceedings of the Belfast Naturalists' Field Club, 10 (10), 55-59.

91. Simms, M.J. 2001e. A fistful of 'ologies in Zambia.
Proceedings of the Belfast Naturalists' Field Club, 10 (10), 8-9.

90. Simms, M.J. 2001d. Discussion on lithospheric flexure, uplift, and landscape evolution in south-central England.
Journal of the Geological Society of London, 158, 877.

89. Simms, M.J. 2001c. Exploring the limestone landscapes of the Burren and the Gort lowlands.
Burrenkarst.com (published by the author), 64 pp. (first edition of 3000 sold out by 2005)

88. Simms, M.J. 2001b. Acarospora veronensis, Caloplaca chlorina, Cetrelia olivetorum, Parmelia exasperatula. [New, rare and interesting British lichen records]
British Lichen Society Bulletin, 88, 66, 68, 73.

87. Simms, M.J. 2001a. The lichens of Mew Island.
Copeland Bird Observatory Annual Report, 1999, 50-52.

86. Tang, C.A., Bottjer, D.J. and Simms, M.J. 2000. Stalked crinoids from a Jurassic tidal deposit in western North America.
Lethaia, 33, 46-54.

85. Parkes, M.A., Simms, M.J. and Kelly, J.G. 2000. Pollnapaste, Lettermacaward, Co. Donegal.
Irish Speleology, 17, 33-36.

84. McConnell, B., Simms, M.J., Lyle, P. and Coxon, P. 2000. Interactions between basalt magma and gypsum karst at Kingscourt, north-east Ireland.
Irish Journal of Earth Sciences, 18, 137-138.

83. Simms, M.J. and Ruffell, A.H. 2000. Guest Editorial. 'Ireland Since the Carboniferous': a conference held at the Ulster Museum, Belfast, 9-10 September 1998.
Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, 111, 289-290.

82. Simms, M.J. and Monaghan, N.C. 2000. The origin and occupation history of Poll na mBéar, Glenade, Co. Leitrim.
Irish Speleology, 17, 50-53.

81. Simms, M.J. and Boulter, M.C. 2000. Oligocene cave sediments in Co. Cork: implications for reconstructing the Tertiary landscape of southwest Ireland.
Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, 111, 363-372.

80. Simms, M.J. and Barham, L.S. 2000. Site formation [Twin Rivers, Zambia].
Pp. 169-172 in Barham, L.S., The Middle Stone Age in Zambia, Western Academic Specialist Press, Bristol.

81. Barham, L.S., Simms, M.J., Gilmour, M. and Debenham, N. 2000. Twin Rivers, excavation and behavioural record.
Pp. 165-216 in Barham, L.S., The Middle Stone Age in Zambia, Western Academic Specialist Press, Bristol.

79. Simms, M.J. 2000h. Photokarst in Hell: The role of endolithic algae in the development of intertidal karst.
Biology and Environment: Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, 100B, 65.

78. Simms, M.J. 2000g. Gypsum karst in Ireland.
The GSI Groundwater Newsletter, 38, 18-19.

77. Simms, M.J. 2000f. Fossil Focus: Crinoids and Echinoids, M.Woods (book review).
Geological Curator, 7 (3), 123-124.

76. Simms, M.J. 2000e. Landscape evolution around the River Blackwater catchment, Co Cork.
Irish Journal of Earth Sciences, 18, 145.

75. Simms, M.J. 2000d. Preliminary report of the succession in Lake Patrick, Zambia.
Pp. 279-282 in Barham, L.S., The Middle Stone Age in Zambia, Western Academic Specialist Press.

74. Simms, M.J. 2000c. Quartz-rich cave sediments in the Burren, Co. Clare, Ireland.
Proceedings of the University of Bristol Spelaeological Society, 22, 81-98.

73. Simms, M.J. 2000b. Ireland's northernmost lichens: A visit to the island of Inishtrahull.
British Lichen Society Bulletin, 87, 28-29.

72. Simms, M.J. 2000a. The sub-basaltic surface in northeast Ireland and its significance for interpreting the Tertiary history of the region.
Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, 111, 321-336.

71. Parkes, M.A., Johnson, D., Simms, M.J. and Kelly, J.G. 1999. Geological guidance of speleogenesis in marble of the Dalradian Supergroup, County Donegal, Ireland.
Cave and Karst Science, 26, 115-124.

70. Hess, H., Ausich, W.I., Brett, C.E. and Simms, M.J. 1999. Fossil Crinoids.
Cambridge University Press, 275 pp.

69. Ausich, W.I., Donovan, S.K., Hess, H. and Simms, M.J. 1999. Fossil occurrence.
Pp. 41-49 in Hess, H., Ausich, W.I., Brett, C.E. & Simms, M.J. (eds), Fossil Crinoids, Cambridge University Press.

68. Ausich, W.I., Brett, C.E., Hess, H. and Simms, M.J. 1999. Crinoid form and function.
Pp. 3-30 in Hess, H., Ausich, W.I., Brett, C.E. & Simms, M.J. (eds), Fossil Crinoids, Cambridge University Press.

67. Ausich, W.I. and Simms, M.J. 1999. Ecology and ecological interactions.
Pp. 55-59 in Hess, H., Ausich, W.I., Brett, C.E. & Simms, M.J. (eds), Fossil Crinoids, Cambridge University Press.

66. Simms, M.J. 1998j. South Co. Antrim: geological report.
Proceedings of the Belfast Naturalists' Field Club, 10 (8), 52-53.

65. Simms, M.J. 1998i. Magheramorne Quarry, Co. Antrim.
Proceedings of the Belfast Naturalists' Field Club, 10 (8), 34-37.

64. Simms, M.J., 1999h. Parmelia exasperatula, Parmelia pastillifera, Parmelia pulla, Parmelia soredians, Parmeliopsis ambigua, Pertusaria flavida, Pertusaria coccodes. [New, rare and interesting British lichen records]
British Lichen Society Bulletin, 85, 53, 54, 55.

63. Simms, M.J. 1999g. An Oligocene cave fill at Ballygiblin, Co. Cork.
Irish Journal of Earth Sciences, 17, 137.

62. Simms, M.J. 1999f. Boulders in sockets: more weird karst from Lough Mask .
Irish Journal of Earth Sciences, 17, 137.

61. Simms, M.J. 1999e. Middle Jurassic of southern England.
Pp. 197-202 in Hess, H., Ausich, W.I., Brett, C.E. & Simms, M.J. (eds), Fossil Crinoids, Cambridge University Press.

60. Simms, M.J. 1999d. Pentacrinites from the Lower Jurassic of the Dorset coast of southern England.
Pp. 177-182 in Hess, H., Ausich, W.I., Brett, C.E. & Simms, M.J. (eds), Fossil Crinoids, Cambridge University Press.

59. Simms, M.J. 1999c. Systematics, phylogeny and evolutionary history.
Pp. 31-40 in Hess, H., Ausich, W.I., Brett, C.E. & Simms, M.J. (eds), Fossil Crinoids, Cambridge University Press.

58. Simms, M.J. 1999b. Karst and coastal features of the late Devensian and Holocene in Larrybane Bay, Co. Antrim.
Pp. 37-38 in Knight, J. (ed.), Lower Bann and adjacent areas, Irish Association for Quaternary Studies, Field Guide no. 23.

57. Simms, M.J. 1999a. A Mediterranean lichen, Parmelia soredians, from Lighthouse Island, Co. Down.
Irish Naturalists' Journal, 26, 135-136.

56. Baker, A. and Simms, M.J. 1998. Active deposition of calcareous tufa in Wessex, UK, and its implications for the "late-Holocene tufa decline".
The Holocene, 8, 359-365.

55. Simms, M.J. 1998. Caves and Karst of the Brecon Beacons National Park.
BCRA Cave Studies Series, no. 7, 32pp.

54. Waltham, A.C., Simms, M.J., Farrant, A.R. and Goldie, H. 1997. The Karst and Caves of Great Britain.
Geological Conservation Review Series, 358 pp.

53. Simms, M.J. 1997c. Karst Country.
Proceedings of the Belfast Naturalists' Field Club, 10 (7), 52-53.

52. Simms, M.J.. 1997b. Calicium salicinum. [New, rare and interesting British lichen records]
British Lichen Society Bulletin, 81, 33.

51. Simms, M.J. 1997a. The geological history of the Mendip Hills and their margins.
Proceedings of the Bristol Naturalists' Society, 55, 113-134.

50. Benton, M.J. and Simms, M.J. 1996. Testing the marine and continental fossil records: Reply [to comment by S.K.Donovan].
Geology, 24, 302.

49. Simms, M.J., Farrant, A.R. and Hunt, J.B. 1996. Ogof Draenen: Where did it come from and where will it go?
Caves and Caving, 71, 10-13.

48. Simms, M.J. 1996b. Acarospora veronensis, Cetraria chlorophylla, Lecanora pruinosa, Psilolechia leprosa and Psilolechia lucida. [New, rare and interesting British lichen records]
British Lichen Society Bulletin, 78, 56, 57, 59, 63.

47. Simms, M.J. 1996a. More of Megadrive? [cave passage in Ogof Draenen]
Descent, 129, 27.

46. Hunt, J. and Simms, M.J. 1995. Clydach Gorge: Older than we thought?
Caves and Caving, 68, 19.

45. Benton, M.J. and Simms, M.J. 1995. Testing the marine and continental fossil records.
Geology, 23, 601-604.

44. Simms, M.J. 1995c. Groundwater and karstification in mid-Galway, South Mayo and North Clare, D.P.Drew and D.Daly (book review).
Irish Speleology, 15, 77 pp.

43. Simms, M.J. 1995b. Systematics and the Fossil Record, A.B.Smith (book review).
Historical Biology, 9, 336-337.

42. Simms, M.J. 1995a. Phylogenetic relationships of 'aberrant' Ordovician crinoids.
Echinoderm Research 1995, pp. 223-228.

41. Milsom, C., Simms, M.J. and Gale, A.S. 1994. The phylogeny and palaeobiology of Marsupites and Uintacrinus.
Palaeontology, 37, 595-607.

40. Milsom, C.V., Gale, A. and Simms, M.J. 1994. Marsupites and Uintacrinus: Pelagic or benthic crinoids?
Proceedings of the 8th International Echinoderm Conference, Dijon, pp. 247.

39. Simms, M.J., Ruffell, A.H. and Johnson, A.L.A. 1994. Biotic and climatic changes in the late Triassic of Europe and adjacent areas.
Pp. 352-365 in N.C.Fraser and Hans Dieter-Suess (eds), In the Shadow of the Dinosaurs: Early Mesozoic Tetrapods, Cambridge University Press.

38. Simms, M.J. 1994d. The crinoid fauna of the Chambara Formation, Pucara Group, central Peru.
Palaeontographica A, 233, 169-175.

37. Simms, M.J. 1994c. A new interpretation of crinoid thecal plate homology and phylogeny.
Proceedings of the 8th International Echinoderm Conference, Dijon., pp. 257-263.

36. Simms, M.J. 1994b. Emplacement and preservation of vertebrates in caves and fissures.
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 112, 261-283.

35. Simms, M.J. 1994a. Reinterpretation of thecal plate homology and phylogeny in the Class Crinoidea.
Lethaia, 26, 303-312.

34. Ruffell, A. and Simms, M.J. 1993. A Manicouagan for all seasons.
Geology Today, 9, 12.

33. Simms, M.J. and Sevastopulo, G.D. 1993. The origin of articulate crinoids.
Palaeontology, 36, 91-109.

32. Simms, M.J., Gale, A.S., Gilliland, P., Rose, E.P.F. and Sevastopulo, G.D. 1993. Echinodermata.
Pp. 491-528 in M.J.Benton (editor), The Fossil Record 2, Chapman and Hall, London.

31. Metcalf, S.J., Vaughan, R.F., Benton, M.J., Cole,J., Simms, M.J. and Dartnell, D.L. 1992. A new Bathonian (Middle Jurassic) microvertebrate site within the Chipping Norton Limestone Formation at Hornsleasow Quarry, Gloucestershire.
Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, 103, 321-342.

30. Schubert, J.K., Bottjer, D.J. and Simms, M.J. 1992. Paleobiology of the oldest known articulate crinoid.
Lethaia, 25, 97-110.

29. Simms, M.J. 1992e. The Processes of Fossilisation, S.K.Donovan (ed.) (book review).
Historical Biology, 6, 310-312.

28. Simms, M.J. 1992d. Heterochrony, M.McKinney and K.J.McNamara (book review).
Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 7, 103.

27. Simms, M.J. 1992c. Palaeoecology.
Pp. 452-453 in P.Kearey (ed.), The Encyclopedia of the Solid Earth Sciences, Blackwells, Oxford.

26. Simms, M.J. 1992b. Fossil Preservation.
Pp. 270-272 in P.Kearey (ed.), The Encyclopedia of the Solid Earth Sciences, Blackwells, Oxford.

25. Simms, M.J. 1992a. Echinoderms.
Pp. 198-202 in P.Kearey (ed.), The Encyclopedia of the Solid Earth Sciences, Blackwells, Oxford.

24. Simms, M.J., Parkes, M.A. and Jones, G.Ll.. 1991. The caves and karst of Portrane, Co. Dublin.
Irish Speleology, 14, 40-51.

23. Simms, M.J. 1991b. Limestones and Caves of Wales, T.D.Ford (ed.) (book review).
Geological Journal, 26, 91-92.

22. Simms, M.J. 1991a. Cave conservation in Ireland: guidelines for the designation of caves as sites of major scientific importance.
Irish Speleology, 14, 52-56.

21. Wignall, P.B. and Simms, M.J. 1990. Pseudoplankton.
Palaeontology, 33, 359-378.

20. Ward, D.J., Hollingworth, N., Simms, M.J. and Clothier, P. 1990. A temporary exposure of Lower Lias (late Sinemurian) at Castle Cary, Somerset, South-west England.
Mesozoic Research, 2, 107-147.

19. Simms, M.J. and Ruffell, A.H. 1990. Climatic and biotic change in the late Triassic.
Journal of the Geological Society of London, 147, 321-327.

18. Simms, M.J. 1990g. Triassic palaeokarst in Britain.
Cave Science, 17, 93-101.

17. Simms, M.J. 1990f. Phytokarst and photokarren in Ireland.
Cave Science, 17, 131-133.

16. Simms, M.J. 1990e. Crinoid diversity and the Triassic-Jurassic boundary.
Cahiers Scientifiques de l'Institut Catholique de Lyon, Triassic-Jurassic Boundary Special Volume, pp 67-77.

15 Simms, M.J. 1990d. Caves: new and old.
Geology Today, 6, 24-27.

14. Simms, M.J. 1990c. Upper Pliensbachian stratigraphy in the Severn Basin area: Evidence for anomalous structural controls in the Lower and Middle Jurassic.
Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, 101, 131-144.

13. Simms, M.J. 1990b. The radiation of post-Palaeozoic echinoderms.
Pp. 287-304 in P.D.Taylor (ed.), Major Evolutionary Radiations, Systematics Association Symposium Volume.

12. Simms, M.J. 1990a. Crinoids.
Pp. 188-204 in K.J. McNamara (ed.), Evolutionary Trends, Belhaven Press, London.

11. Wignall, P.B., Clements, R.G. and Simms, M.J. 1989. The Rhaetic and basal Lias of the city of Leicester.
Transactions of the Leicester Literary and Philosophical Society, 83, 25-31.

10. Johnson, A.L.A. and Simms, M.J. 1989. The timing and cause of late-Triassic marine invertebrate extinctions: evidence from scallops and crinoids.
Pp. 174-194 in S.K.Donovan (ed.), Mass Extinctions: Processes and Evidence, Belhaven Press, London.

9. Simms, M.J. and Ruffell, A.H. 1989. Synchroneity of climatic change and extinctions in the late Triassic.
Geology, 17, 265-268.

8. Simms, M.J. 1989b. British Lower Jurassic Crinoids.
Palaeontographical Society Monograph, 142, no 581. 103 pp, 15 pls.

7. Simms, M.J. 1989a. Columnal ontogeny in articulate crinoids and its implications for their phylogeny.
Lethaia, 22, 61-68.

6. Simms, M.J. 1988d. The role of heterochrony in the evolution of post-Palaeozoic crinoids.
Proceedings 6th International Echinoderm Conference, Victoria, British Columbia, pp 97-102.

5. Simms, M.J. 1988c. An intact comatulid crinoid from the Toarcian of southern Germany.
Stuttgarter Beitrage für Naturkunde, Series B, no 140, 7 pp.

4. Simms, M.J. 1988b. Patterns of evolution among Lower Jurassic crinoids.
Historical Biology, 1, 17-44.

3. Simms, M.J. 1988a. The phylogeny of post-Palaeozoic crinoids.
Pp. 269-284 in C.R.C.Paul & A.B.Smith (eds), Echinoderm phylogeny and evolutionary biology, Oxford University Press.

2. Simms, M.J. 1986. Contrasting lifestyles in Lower Jurassic crinoids: A comparison of benthic and pseudopelagic Isocrinida.
Palaeontology, 29, 475-493.

1. Simms, M.J. 1985. The origin and early evolution of Balanocrinus (Crinoidea, Articulata).
Proceedings 5th International Echinoderm Conference, Galway, p 169, Balkema, Rotterdam.

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