Summary
Peta curates and cares for the palaeobotany collections; makes the collections available to visitors, facilitates loans, deals with enquiries and actively promotes the use of the collections; develops and enhances the collections through addition of new material, documentation and research; and takes an active role in science communication and education. Peta's current and recent research interests focus on the taxonomic study of angiosperm leaf floras (specifically the Paleogene of southern England and Cretaceous of Antarctica) and their use in the reconstruction of palaeoclimatic conditions.
Qualifications
Degrees
- PhD, University of Leeds & British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, United Kingdom, 1995 - 2000
- BSc (Hons) (1st Class), University of Leeds, United Kingdom, 1990 - 1994
Employment history
Academic
- Curator of Palaeobotany, The Natural History Museum, Department of Earth Sciences, United Kingdom, 2005 - ongoing
- Curator of British and European Flowering Plants, The Natural History Museum, Department of Botany, United Kingdom, 2002 - 2004
- Assistant Curator of Botany, The Manchester Museum, University of Manchester, Department of Botany, United Kingdom, 2000 - 2002
- Travelling Discovery Centre Supervisor: Harewood House, The Natural History Museum, Learning, United Kingdom, 1997 - 1997
- Palaeobotany Research Assistant, University of Manchester, Geological Sciences Department, United Kingdom, 1994 - 1995
Non-academic
- Digitiser, Geophysical Exploration Technology Ltd, University of Leeds Innovation Services, 2000 - 2000
- Digitiser, Geophysical Exploration Technology Ltd, University of Leeds Innovation Services, 1993 - 1993
Highlighted publications
- Rozefelds AC, Stull G, Hayes P, Greenwood DR (2021) The fossil record of Icacinaceae in Australia supports long-standing Palaeo-Antarctic rainforest connections in southern high latitudes. Historical Biology, (11) Informa UK Limited : 2854 - 2864. doi: 10.1080/08912963.2020.1832089
- Hayes PA (2019) Plants. Fossils from the Lias of the Yorkshire Coast. Lord AR (Eds).The Palaeontological Association : 274 - 281.
- Hayes PA, Collinson ME (2013) The Flora of the Insect Limestone (latest Eocene) from the Isle of Wight, southern England. Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, (3-4) Cambridge University Press (CUP) : 245 - 261. doi: 10.1017/s1755691014000061
- Collinson M, Manchester SR, Wilde V, Hayes P (2010) Fruit and seed floras from exceptionally preserved biotas in the European Paleogene. Bulletin of Geosciences, Czech Geological Survey : 155 - 162. doi: 10.3140/bull.geosci.1155
- Compton SG, Ball AD, Collinson ME, Hayes P, Rasnitsyn AP, Ross AJ (2010) Ancient fig wasps indicate at least 34 Myr of stasis in their mutualism with fig trees. Biology Letters, (6) The Royal Society : 838 - 842. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2010.0389
- Philippe M, Hayes P (2010) Reappraisal of two of Witham's species of fossil wood with taxonomical and nomenclatural notes on Planoxylon Stopes, Protocedroxylon Gothan and Xenoxylon Gothan. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, (1) Elsevier BV : 54 - 62. doi: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2010.05.003
- HAYES PA, Francis JE, Cantrill DJ, Crame JA (2006) Palaeoclimate analysis of Late Cretaceous angiosperm leaf floras, James Ross Island, Antarctica. Cretaceous-Tertiary High-Latitude Palaeoenvironments, James Ross Basin, Antarctica. Francis JE, Pirrie D, Crame JA (Eds).: Geological Society, London, Special Publications. : 49 - 62.
- Van der Ham RWJM, Van Konijnenburg-van Cittert JHA, Renkens S, Hayes PA The type of Palmocarpon cretaceum Miq., 1853 described from the Cretaceous of the Sint-Pietersberg, The Netherlands, is an Eocene Nypa burtinii (Brongn.) Ettingsh., 1879, most likely from the Brussels area, Belgium. Fossil Imprint, (1) National Museum, Czech Republic : 44 - 50. doi: 10.37520/fi.2022.003
Highlighted publications
- Rozefelds AC, Stull G, Hayes P, Greenwood DR (2021) The fossil record of Icacinaceae in Australia supports long-standing Palaeo-Antarctic rainforest connections in southern high latitudes. Historical Biology, (11) Informa UK Limited : 2854 - 2864. doi: 10.1080/08912963.2020.1832089
- Hayes PA (2019) Plants. Fossils from the Lias of the Yorkshire Coast. Lord AR (Eds).The Palaeontological Association : 274 - 281.
- Hayes PA, Collinson ME (2013) The Flora of the Insect Limestone (latest Eocene) from the Isle of Wight, southern England. Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, (3-4) Cambridge University Press (CUP) : 245 - 261. doi: 10.1017/s1755691014000061
- Collinson M, Manchester SR, Wilde V, Hayes P (2010) Fruit and seed floras from exceptionally preserved biotas in the European Paleogene. Bulletin of Geosciences, Czech Geological Survey : 155 - 162. doi: 10.3140/bull.geosci.1155
- Compton SG, Ball AD, Collinson ME, Hayes P, Rasnitsyn AP, Ross AJ (2010) Ancient fig wasps indicate at least 34 Myr of stasis in their mutualism with fig trees. Biology Letters, (6) The Royal Society : 838 - 842. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2010.0389
- Philippe M, Hayes P (2010) Reappraisal of two of Witham's species of fossil wood with taxonomical and nomenclatural notes on Planoxylon Stopes, Protocedroxylon Gothan and Xenoxylon Gothan. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, (1) Elsevier BV : 54 - 62. doi: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2010.05.003
- HAYES PA, Francis JE, Cantrill DJ, Crame JA (2006) Palaeoclimate analysis of Late Cretaceous angiosperm leaf floras, James Ross Island, Antarctica. Cretaceous-Tertiary High-Latitude Palaeoenvironments, James Ross Basin, Antarctica. Francis JE, Pirrie D, Crame JA (Eds).: Geological Society, London, Special Publications. : 49 - 62.
- Van der Ham RWJM, Van Konijnenburg-van Cittert JHA, Renkens S, Hayes PA The type of Palmocarpon cretaceum Miq., 1853 described from the Cretaceous of the Sint-Pietersberg, The Netherlands, is an Eocene Nypa burtinii (Brongn.) Ettingsh., 1879, most likely from the Brussels area, Belgium. Fossil Imprint, (1) National Museum, Czech Republic : 44 - 50. doi: 10.37520/fi.2022.003