Sebastian Willman
Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor in Proterozoic micropaleobiology at Department of Earth Sciences; Palaeobiology
- Telephone:
- +46 18 471 27 42
- Mobile phone:
- +46 70 424 13 53
- E-mail:
- Sebastian.Willman@geo.uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Geocentrum, Villavägen 16
752 36 Uppsala - Postal address:
- Villavägen 16
752 36 UPPSALA
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- Academic merits:
- Docent, Distinguished University Teacher
Short presentation
Docent in Historical geology and palaeobiology
Interested in, and working with, organic-walled microfossils and small carbonaceous fossils from different parts of the world (Greenland, Baltica, Australia etc.).
Earlier roles:
- Deputy head of department 2020-2026
- Assistant head of department 2017-2026
- Subject coordinator 2017-2026
- Director of studies 2012-2017
- Member of the Advisory board for Campus Gotland 2024-2026
Keywords
- palaeobiology
- earth science
- precambrian

Publications
Recent publications
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Part of Journal of Geoscience education, 2026
- DOI for Application of resource graphs to explore earth science students' conceptual understanding of stratigraphy in higher education
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Scandinavian University Press, 2026
- DOI for Evolutionary history of chlorophyte algae – organic-walled microbiota from the Neoproterozoic (Tonian) Visingsö Group, Sweden
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Part of Palaeontology, 2026
- DOI for Vesicular microfossils on middle Cambrian shells: insights into early substrate colonization in North Greenland (Laurentia)
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Part of Precambrian Research, 2026
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Part of Geobiology, 2025
- DOI for Experimental Mineralisation of a Filamentous Hydrogenotrophic Methanogen in Carbonate, Phosphate, and Silicate
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All publications
Articles in journal
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Part of Journal of Geoscience education, 2026
- DOI for Application of resource graphs to explore earth science students' conceptual understanding of stratigraphy in higher education
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Part of Palaeontology, 2026
- DOI for Vesicular microfossils on middle Cambrian shells: insights into early substrate colonization in North Greenland (Laurentia)
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Part of Precambrian Research, 2026
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Part of Geobiology, 2025
- DOI for Experimental Mineralisation of a Filamentous Hydrogenotrophic Methanogen in Carbonate, Phosphate, and Silicate
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Problematic tubular fossils from the Portfjeld Formation (Ediacaran) of North Greenland
Part of Journal of Paleontology, p. 221-231, 2024
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Part of Palaeontology, 2024
- DOI for The palaeobiological significance of clustering in acritarchs: a case study from the early Cambrian of North Greenland
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Lithostratigraphy of the Portfjeld Group (Ediacaran - lowermost Cambrian) of North Greenland
Part of GEUS Bulletin, 2024
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A Middle Ordovician Burgess Shale-type fauna from Castle Bank, Wales (UK)
Part of Nature Ecology & Evolution, p. 666-674, 2023
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Organic-walled microfossils from the lower Cambrian of North Greenland: a reappraisal of diversity
Part of Palynology, 2023
- DOI for Organic-walled microfossils from the lower Cambrian of North Greenland: a reappraisal of diversity
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Part of Paleobiology, p. 576-600, 2022
- DOI for Morphometric analysis of Skiagia-plexus acritarchs from the early Cambrian of North Greenland: toward a meaningful evaluation of phenotypic plasticity.
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Cavity-dwelling microorganisms from the Ediacaran and Cambrian of North Greenland (Laurentia)
Part of Journal of Paleontology, p. 243-255, 2022
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Part of Papers in Palaeontology, p. 1403-1433, 2021
- DOI for Small carbonaceous fossils (SCFs) from North Greenland: new light on metazoan diversity in early Cambrian shelf environments
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Late Ediacaran Microfossils from Finland
Part of Geological Magazine, p. 2231-2244, 2021
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Organic-walled microfossils in the Ediacaran of Estonia: Biodiversity on the East European Platform
Part of Precambrian Research, 2020
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Part of Palaeontologische Zeitschrift, p. 41-51, 2020
- DOI for Unusual preservation of an Ordovician (Floian) arthropod from Peary Land, North Greenland (Laurentia)
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Ediacaran Doushantuo-type biota discovered in Laurentia
Part of Communications Biology, 2020
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The oldest hyolithids (Cambrian Series 2, Montezuman Stage) from the Iapetan margin of Laurentia
Part of Journal of Paleontology, p. 616-623, 2020
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The Ediacaran–Cambrian transition: the emerging record from Small Carbonaceous Fossils (SCFs)
Part of Estudios Geologicos, p. 38-40, 2019
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Early Cambrian small carbonaceous fossils (SCFs) from an impact crater in western Finland
Part of Lethaia, p. 570-582, 2019
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Part of Geological Magazine, p. 1175-1189, 2018
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Part of Geology, p. 107-110, 2018
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THE BUEN FORMATION (CAMBRIAN SERIES 2) BIOTA OF NORTH GREENLAND
Part of Papers in Palaeontology, p. 381-432, 2018
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Part of Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, p. 12-28, 2011
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Part of Lethaia, p. 129-136, 2010
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Taphonomy of Ediacaran acritarchs from Australia: significance for taxonomy and biostratigraphy
Part of Palaios, p. 239-256, 2009
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Part of Geobiology, p. 8-20, 2009
- DOI for Morphology and wall ultrastructure of leiosphaeric and acanthomorphic acritarchs from the Ediacaran of Australia
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Part of Comunicações Geológicas, p. 81-92, 2007
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Wall ultrastructure of an Ediacaran acritarch from the Officer Basin, Australia
Part of Lethaia, p. 111-123, 2007
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Testing the role of spines as predatory defense
Part of Journal of Shellfish Research, p. 261-266, 2007
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Part of Meteoritics and Planetary Science, p. 1883-1891, 2007
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Part of Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, p. 17-39, 2006
Articles, review/survey
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Ultrastructure of cell walls in ancient microfossils as a proxy to their biological affinities
Part of Precambrian Research, p. 27-38, 2009
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Part of Precambrian Research, p. 498-530, 2008
Books
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Scandinavian University Press, 2026
- DOI for Evolutionary history of chlorophyte algae – organic-walled microbiota from the Neoproterozoic (Tonian) Visingsö Group, Sweden
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The Baltic Sea: Geology and geotourism highlights
NGO Geoguide Baltoscandia, 2011
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Fossils & rocks: geotourism in the central Baltic
NGO Geoguide Baltoscandia, 2011
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Geotourism highlights of Gotland
NGO GEOGuide Baltoscandia, 2010
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Meteorite impact structures – geotourism in the central Baltic
NGO Geoguide Baltoscandia, 2010
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Geotourism highlights of the Estonian small islands
NGO Geoguide Baltoscandia, 2010
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Geotourism highlights of the Saaremaa and Hiiumaa islands
NGO Geoguide Baltoscandia, 2009
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Chapters in book
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Part of Quantifying the Evolution of Early Life, p. 301-320, Springer, 2011
Comprehensive doctoral thesis
Conference papers
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Acritarch data from Australian Neoproterozoic successions
p. 47-48, 2010
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Generating Geoparks - a Central Baltic initiative
Part of GEOPARKS: Learning from the Past – Building a Sustainable Future, 2010
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Multiple lines of chemical evidence for pelagic Neoproterozoic acritarchs
Part of Abstract Volume international conference on the Cambrian explosion Walcott 2009, p. 47, 2009
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Fostering geotourism on Central Baltic islands
2009
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Acritarchs and late Neoproterozoic correlations
Part of 33rd International Geological Congress, Oslo, Norway, 2008
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Can acritarchs be used for Ediacaran suddivision?
Part of Geology and hydrocarbon potential of the Neoproterozoic-Cambrian Basins in India, Pakistan and the Middle East, p. 19-21, 2008
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p. 87, 2008
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Revealing acritarch affinities by use of transmission electron micrsoscopy
Part of 51st Palaeontological Association Annual Meeting, Programme with abstracts, 2007
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Acritarchs - the solution for Ediacaran biostratigraphy?
Part of Cimp Lisbon ´07, 2007
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Using TEM to assess the biological affinities of Ediacaran organic-walled microfossils
Part of Ancient life and modern approaches, p. 553, 2006
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SUBDIVIDING THE EDIACARAN SYSTEM IN AUSTRALIA USING ACRITARCHS
2005
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Acritarchs in the Ediacaran seas
Part of The Palaeontological Association, p. 64, 2005
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Subdividing the Ediacaran of Australia using biostratigraphy
Part of Central Australian Basins Symposium, 2005
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Neoproterozoic subdivision in Australia
Part of Central Australian Basins Symposium, 2005
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Neoproterozoic (Ediacaran) radiation of acritarchs: a new record
Part of XI International Palynological Congress 2004, 2004
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Life cycle of Early Ordovician acritarch species
2003