The Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, as a direct successor to the Bulletin of The Natural History Museum, London: Geology Series, publishes major papers describing new or poorly understood faunas and floras, or which use systematics in ways that significantly advance our understanding of palaeogeography, palaeobiology, functional morphology, palaeoecology, biostratigraphy or phylogenetic relationships. Shorter contributions on technical or conceptual issues relating to systematic methodology and conservation issues are also welcome. In this way the journal aims to demonstrate and strengthen the fundamental contribution systematics and collection-based data make to evolutionary palaeontology.