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Stephen McLoughlin is affiliated with the Swedish Museum of Natural History in Sweden. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Earth and Planetary Sciences, with extensive work in related subfields such as Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Paleontology, Molecular Biology, Atmospheric Science, and Plant Science.

The main areas of study addressed by Stephen McLoughlin include Plant Diversity and Evolution, Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils, Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Plant and Animal Studies, Geological Formations and Processes, and Fern and Epiphyte Biology.

The scientist has published numerous papers, contributing to several well-regarded publication venues. Frequent journals for their work include Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, GFF, Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, and Alcheringa An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology.

Among recent publications, notable papers include:

  • Pace, magnitude, and nature of terrestrial climate change through the end-Permian extinction in southeastern Gondwana (2021, Geology)
  • Sedimentology of the continental end-Permian extinction event in the Sydney Basin, eastern Australia (2020, Sedimentology)
  • Lethal microbial blooms delayed freshwater ecosystem recovery following the end-Permian extinction (2021, Nature Communications)
  • END-PERMIAN BURNOUT: THE ROLE OF PERMIAN-TRIASSIC WILDFIRES IN EXTINCTION, CARBON CYCLING, AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE IN EASTERN GONDWANA (2022, Palaios)
  • Permian-Triassic non-marine algae of Gondwana-Distributions, natural affinities and ecological implications (2020, Earth-Science Reviews)

Collaborations constitute a significant aspect of McLoughlin's scientific work. Frequent coauthors include Vivi Vajda, Chris Mays, Tracy D. Frank, Christopher R. Fielding, and Artai A. Santos, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach to research questions within their areas of expertise.

Best Publications

  • The breakup history of Gondwana and its impact on pre-Cenozoic floristic provincialism

    Stephen McLoughlin

  • Parallel evolution of angiosperm colour signals: common evolutionary pressures linked to hymenopteran vision

    Adrian G. Dyer;Adrian G. Dyer;Skye Boyd-Gerny;Stephen McLoughlin;Marcello G. P. Rosa

  • Age and pattern of the southern high-latitude continental end-Permian extinction constrained by multiproxy analysis

    Christopher R. Fielding;Tracy D. Frank;Stephen McLoughlin;Vivi Vajda

  • Patterns of Gondwana plant colonisation anddiversification

    J. M. Anderson;H. M. Anderson;S. Archangelsky;M. Bamford;M. Bamford

  • Synchronous palynofloristic extinction and recovery after the end-Permian event in the Prince Charles Mountains, Antarctica: Implications for palynofloristic turnover across Gondwana

    Sofie Lindström;Stephen McLoughlin

  • Gondwanan floristic and sedimentological trends during the Permian–Triassic transition: new evidence from the Amery Group, northern Prince Charles Mountains, East Antarctica

    Stephen McLoughlin;Sofie Lindström;Andrew N Drinnan

  • Fungal proliferation at the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary

    Vivi Vajda;Stephen McLoughlin;Stephen McLoughlin

  • End-Permian (252 Mya) deforestation, wildfires and flooding—An ancient biotic crisis with lessons for the present

    Vivi Vajda;Stephen McLoughlin;Chris Mays;Tracy D. Frank

  • Fossilized Nuclei and Chromosomes Reveal 180 Million Years of Genomic Stasis in Royal Ferns

    Benjamin Bomfleur;Stephen McLoughlin;Vivi Vajda

  • The evolution of the Australian flora: Fossil evidence

    R. S. Hill;E. M. Truswell;S. McLoughlin;M. E. Dettmann

  • Tectonic significance of the Lambert graben, East Antarctica: Reconstructing the Gondwanan rift

    Mat Harrowfield;Guy R. Holdgate;Christopher J.L. Wilson;Stephen McLoughlin

  • Some Morphological Features of Wollemi Pine (Wollemia nobilis: Araucariaceae) and Their Comparison to Cretaceous Plant Fossils

    T.C. Chambers;A.N. Drinnan;S. McLoughlin

  • Extinction and recovery patterns of the vegetation across the Cretaceous–Palaeogene boundary — a tool for unravelling the causes of the end-Permian mass-extinction

    Vivi Vajda;Stephen McLoughlin

  • Biogeography of Nothofagus supports the sequence of Gondwana break-up

    Ulf Swenson;Robert S. Hill;Stephen McLoughlin

  • A high-latitude Gondwanan lagerstätte: The Permian permineralised peat biota of the Prince Charles Mountains, Antarctica

    Ben J. Slater;Stephen McLoughlin;Jason Hilton

  • Which name(s) should be used for Araucaria‐like fossil wood?—Results of a poll

    Marc Philippe;Stephen McLoughlin;Jakub Sakala;Gea Zijlstra

  • Bennettitalean foliage in the Rhaetian-Bajocian (latest Triassic-Middle Jurassic) floras of Scania, southern Sweden.

    Christian Pott;Stephen McLoughlin

  • Australian Jurassic sedimentary and fossil successions: current work and future prospects for marine and non-marine correlation

    Susan Turner;Lynne B. Bean;Mary Dettmann;John L. McKellar

  • Refined Permian–Triassic floristic timeline reveals early collapse and delayed recovery of south polar terrestrial ecosystems

    Chris Mays;Vivi Vajda;Tracy D. Frank;Christopher R. Fielding

  • Biogeographic analysis of Jurassic-Early Cretaceous wood assemblages from Gondwana

    Marc Philippe;Marion Bamford;Stephen McLoughlin;L Alves

  • Intraspecific variation of taeniate bisaccate pollen within permian glossopterid sporangia, from the Prince Charles Mountains, Antarctica

    Sofie Lindström;Stephen McLoughlin;Andrew N. Drinnan

Frequent Co-Authors

Vivi Vajda
Vivi Vajda Swedish Museum of Natural History
Robert S. Hill
Robert S. Hill University of Adelaide
Christopher R. Fielding
Christopher R. Fielding University of Connecticut
Tracy D. Frank
Tracy D. Frank University of Connecticut
Marion K. Bamford
Marion K. Bamford University of the Witwatersrand
Jason Hilton
Jason Hilton University of Birmingham
James L. Crowley
James L. Crowley Boise State University
Marc Philippe
Marc Philippe Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
Hans Kerp
Hans Kerp University of Münster
Jun Wang
Jun Wang University of Central Florida

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