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(87) Elicki, O. et al.: A Cambrian microfauna from Anatolia (Turkey): stratigraphy and palaeogeographic implications.
(86) Elicki, O.: A Cambrian carbonate platform at the northern edge of the Arabian-Nubian Shield: sedimentary facies architecture and palaeoecological context.
(85) Elicki, O. et al.: Arthropod trace fossils from a Cambrian marine to continental transitional system in southern Jordan (Arabian-Nubian Shield).
(84) Elicki, O. & Altumi, M.M.: The Cambrian succession in Central Libya: deposition and palaeoenvironmental interpretation of the Hasawnah Fm. in the Fezzan type area.
(83) Elicki, O. & Khalifa, M.A.: Cambrian trace fossils from Saudi Arabia.
(82) Demircan, H., Elicki, O. & Gürsu, S.: Cruziana rugosa assemblages from Anatolia.
(81) Hahn, F. & Elicki, O.: Re-evaluation of the iconic Ordovician trace fossil Phycodes circinatum Richter, 1853 from Thuringia (Germany): morphometric analysis, facies relations and palaeogeographical implications .
2026 - 2025:
(80) Elicki, O. & Paris, F. (2026 - under review): A spectacular Cruziana trace fossil site from the Lower Ordovician of Brittany (Crozon Peninsula, NW France). Bulletin of Geosciences.
(79) Elicki, O. (2025): New Ordovician fossils (bivalves, trilobites, brachiopods) from southern Jordan and re-evaluation of the Ordovician body fossil record from Jordan. Bulletin of Geosciences, Special Volume for Jiří Kříž. DOI 10.3140/bull.geosci.1933
(78) Geyer, G. & Elicki, O. (2025): Cambrian fossils of Central Europe and their palaeogeographic constraints. In: Linnemann, U. (ed), The Varican Orogen of Central Europe: Geodynamics, Geochronology, Geobiology. Regional Geology Reviews. Springer. 781-810.
(77) Ghandour, I., Elicki, O. & El-Kahawy, R.M. (2025): Depositional patterns of the Cambrian Araba Formation along the Taba-Naqab Road, east-central Sinai, Egypt: paleoenvironmental reconstruction and correlation in Northern Gondwana. Journ. of African Earth Sciences, 230: 105727.
(76) Elicki, O. & Breitkreuz, C. (2023): Die Entwicklung des Systems Erde. 2. Aufl., Springer Spektrum: 421 S.
(75) Elicki, O., Meischner, T., Gürsu, S., Ghienne, J.-F., Masri, A., Moumani, K.A. & Demircan, H. (2023): The Ordovician in the Levant region (Middle East) and southern Turkey: review of depositional facies, fauna and stratigraphy. - In: Servais, T. et al. (eds), A Global Synthesis of the Ordovician System, Part 2. - Geol. Soc. London, Special Publications, 533(1): 253-277, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP533-2022-53.
(74) Elicki, O. & Magnus, M. (2021): First report of Cruziana rouaulti Lebesconte, 1883 from the Ordovician of Algeria and its stratigraphic and palaeogeographic significance. Paläontologie, Stratigraphie, Fazies (psf), 26: 63-76.
(73) Elicki, O., Suhr, P. & Walter, H. (2020): Oberkretazische Foraminiferen aus Reliktvorkommen bei Siebenlehn (Mittelsachsen). Paläontologie, Stratigraphie, Fazies (psf), 25: 121-140.
(72) Elicki, O., Linnemann, U., Hofmann, M., Zieger, J., Gärtner, A., Klein, D. & Meischner, T. (2020): Zircon geochronology and provenance of the late Proterozoic and early Palaeozoic of southwestern Jordan. – ZDGG (German Journal of Geology), 171(2): 105-120.
(71) Meischner, T., Elicki, O., Masri, A., Moumani, K. & Abdelghafor, M. (2020): Ordovician trace fossils from southern Jordan: taxonomy, stratigraphy and trans-regional correlation throughout the Middle East and northern Africa. Journal of African Earth Sciences, 164, 103595: 27 pp. (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2019.103595). In: C. Cónsole-Gonella, R. Prevec, S. De Valais, A. Lagnaoui, I. Díaz-Martínez, X. Pereda-Suberbiola, O. Mateus & O. Elicki (eds), spec. issue "Paleontology of Africa and its role in the paleobiogeography of Gondwana".
(70) Elicki, O. & Göthel, M. (2019): Neue Ergebnisse mikropaläontologischer Untersuchungen (Foraminiferen) aus Kernstre- cken der mittleren Kreide (Alb bis Coniac) Südost- und Nord-Brandenburg: Biostratigraphie, fazielle und regionalgeologische Interpretation. Brandenburgische Geowissenschaftliche Beiträge, 26(1/2): 61-105.
(69) Meischner, T., Elicki, O., Masri, A., Moumani, K., Ali Hussein, M. & Maletz, J. (2019): The Darriwilian Hiswah fauna of western Gondwana (Jordan): Biostratigraphy, palaeogeography and palaeoecology. Geobios, 57: 53-76.
(68) Elicki, O. & Altumi, M.M. (2019): Cambrian trace fossils from North Africa and their contribution to Gondwana's palaeobiogeography and depositional history. Journal of African Earth Sciences, 158. In: C. Cónsole-Gonella, R. Prevec, S. De Valais, A. Lagnaoui, I. Díaz-Martínez, X. Pereda-Suberbiola, O. Mateus & O. Elicki (eds), spec. issue "Paleontology of Africa and its role in the paleobiogeography of Gondwana", DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2019.103556.
(67) Abdelkader, O.A.F. & Elicki, O. (2018): Die ordovizischen Spurenfossilien der Lausitz (Sachsen) und ihre paläoökologische Interpretation. Paläontologie, Stratigraphie, Fazies (psf), 24. - Freiberger Forschungshefte, C 553: 113-174.
(66) Meischner, T. & Elicki, O. (2018): Fazielle Analyse der oberkretazischen Foraminiferen-Mikrofauna im Profil Hoppenstedt (Subherzynes Becken). Paläontologie, Stratigraphie, Fazies (psf), 24. - Freiberger Forschungshefte, C 553: 79-112.
(65) Kemnitz, H., Ehling, B.-C., Elicki, O. et al. (2018): Proterozoikum-Silur in der Stratigraphischen Tabelle von Deutschland 2016 (The Stratigraphic Table of Germany 2016: Proterozoic to Silurian). Zeitschr. dt. Gesell. Geowiss., 168(4): 423-446.
(64) Atnisha, A., Fatka, O. & Elicki, O. (2017): First evidence of middle to late Cambrian deposition by first palynological data from the Torgau-Doberlug Syncline (subsurface Central Germany, Mediterranean shelf of Gondwana). Journal of Iberian Geology, 43(4): 601-614.
(63) Atnisha, A., Hofmann, N., Gärtner, A., Linnemann, U. & Elicki, O. (2017): First U-Pb geochronology on detrital zircons from Early-Middle Cambrian strata of the Torgau-Doberlug Syncline (eastern Germany) and palaeogeographic implications. Journ. Int. Earth Science, 106(7): 2445-2459.
(62) Elicki, O. & Breitkreuz, C. (2016): Die Entwicklung des Systems Erde. 1. Aufl., Springer Spektrum: 296 S.
(61) Elicki, O. (2015): Kambrium. In: W. Stackebrand & D.P. Franke (Hrsg.), Geologie von Brandenburg. E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung: 51-59.
(60) Geyer, G., Buschmann, B. & Elicki, O. (2014): A new lowermost middle Cambrian (Series 3, Stage 5) faunule from Saxony (Germany) and its bearing on the tectonostratigraphic history of the Saxothuringian domain. Paläontologische Zeitschrift, 88(3): 239-262.
(59) Kreher, C., Elicki, O. & Magnus, M. (2013): Eine Foraminiferen-Mikrofauna aus der Oberkreide des Ohmgebirges (NW-Thüringen): Morphotypen und fazielle Relevanz. Paläontologie, Stratigraphie, Fazies (21), Freiberger Forschungshefte, C 545: 1-13.
(58) Zamora, S., Lefebvre, B., Álvaro, J.J., Clausen, S., Elicki, O., Fatka, O., Jell, P., Kouchinsky, A., Jih-Pai, L., Nardin, E., Parsley, R., Rozhnov, S., Sprinkle, J., Sumrall, C.D., Vizcaino, D. & Smith, A.B. (2013): Cambrian echinoderm diversity and palaeobiogeography. In: Harper, D.A.T. & Servais, T. (eds), Early Palaeozoic Biogeography and Palaeogeography. Geological Society, London, Memoirs, 38: 157–171.
(57) Elicki, O. (2013): Als das Leben explodierte und eine völlig neue Welt entstand - Kambrium. In: Rothe, P., Storch, V. & Von See, C. (Hrsg.), Lebensspuren im Gestein: Ausflüge in die Erdgeschichte Mitteleuropas. Wiley-vch: 38-49.
(56) Elicki, O., Khalifa, M.A.G. & Farouk, S.M. (2013): Cambrian ichnofossils from northeastern Egypt. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, 270/2: 129-149.
(55) Mángano, M.G., Buatois, L.A., Hofmann, R., Elicki, O. & Shinaq, R. (2013): Exploring the aftermath of the Cambrian explosion: The evolutionary significance of marginal- to shallow-marine ichnofaunas of Jordan. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 374: 1-15.
(54) Elicki, O. & Geyer, G. (2013): The Cambrian trilobites of Jordan - taxonomy, systematic and stratigraphic significance. Acta Geologica Polonica, 63(1): 1-56.
(53) Altumi, M.M., Elicki, O., Linnemann, U., Hofmann, M., Sagawe, A. & Gärtner, A. (2013): U–Pb LA-ICP-MS detrital zircon ages from the Cambrian of Al Qarqaf Arch, central-western Libya: Provenance of the West Gondwanan sand sea at the dawn of the early Palaeozoic. Journal of African Earth Sciences, 79: 74-97.
(52) Elicki, O. (2012): Archaeocyathen – Deutschlands älteste Zeugen der frühen Evolution der Vielzeller. In: Martin, T., von Koenigswald, W., Radtke, G. & Rust, J. (eds), Paläontologie. 100 Jahre Paläontologische Gesellschaft: 72-73. Friedrich Pfeil Verlag.
(51) Elicki, O. & Magnus, M. (2012): Squalicorax kaupi Agassiz, 1843, (Chondrichthyes, Lamniformes) and Echinocorys gravesi Agassiz & Desor, 1847, (Echinoidea, Holasteroida) from the late Cretaceous of Bornholm (Denmark). Paläontologie, Stratigraphie, Fazies (20), Freiberger Forschungshefte, C 542: 55-64.
(50) Hofmann, R, Mangano, G., Elicki, O. & Shinaq, R. (2012): Paleoecologic and biostratigraphic significance of trace fossils from Middle Cambrian shallow- to marginal-marine environments of Jordan. Journal of Paleontology, 86(6): 931-955.
(49) Elicki, O. (2011): First skeletal microfauna from the Cambrian Series 3 of the Jordan Rift Valley (Middle East). Memoirs of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists, 42: 153-173.
(48) Elicki, O. & Linnemann, U. (2010): Introduction to the Cambrian in Saxony. In: Fatka, O. & Budil, P., eds., The 15th Field Conference of the Cambrian Stage Subdivision Working Group - International Subcommission on Cambrian Stratigraphy, Prague 2010. Bulletin of Geosciences: 93-107.
(47) Elicki, O. & Geyer, G. (2010): Cambrian biostratigraphy (The faunal province of the southern margin of the Rheic Ocean: 99-170). In: Linnemann, U. & Romer, R.L. (eds.), Pre-Mesozoic Geology of Saxo-Thuringia – From the Cadomian Active Margin to the Variscan Orogen: 103-114. Schweizerbart.
(46) Elicki, O. (2009): Cambrian life in Mediterranean carbonate environments and consequences for the geological reconstruction of the early Palaeozoic Perigondwana. Habilitation thesis; 394 pp.
(45) Elicki, O. & Gürsu, S. (2009): First record of Pojetaia runnegari Jell, 1980 and Fordilla Barrande, 1881 from the Middle East (Taurus Mountains, Turkey) and critical review of Cambrian bivalves. Paläontologische Zeitschrift, 83(2): 267-291.
(44) Elicki, O., Berger, H.-J., Brause, H. & Leonhardt, D. (2008): Kambrium. In: W. Pälchen & H. Walter (Hrsg.), Geologie von Sachsen - Geologischer Bau und Entwicklungsgeschichte. E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 537 S. (56-79).
(43) Geyer, G., Elicki, O., Fatka, O. & Zylinska, A. (2008): Cambrian. - In: McCann, T. (ed.), The Geology of Central Europe, vol. 1: 155-202. Geological Society of London.
(42) Elicki, O. (2007): Paleontological data from the Early Cambrian of Germany and paleobiogeographical implications for the configuration of central Perigondwana. In: Linnemann, U., Nance, R.D., Kraft, P. & Zulauf, G. (eds.), The evolution of the Rheic Ocean: From Avalonian-Cadomian active margin to Alleghenian-Variscan collision: Geological Society of America Special Paper, 423: 143-152.
(41) Elicki, O. (2007): Facies development during late Early–Middle Cambrian (Tayan Member, Burj Formation) transgression in the Dead Sea Rift Valley, Jordan. Carnets de Géologie / Notebooks on Geology, 2007/07: 1-20.
(40) Elicki, O. & Schneider, J.W. (2007, Hrsg.): Fossile Ökosysteme. 77. Jahrestagung der Paläontologischen Gesellschaft - Kurzfassungen. Wissenschaftliche Mitteilungen des Institutes für Geologie, 36: 179 S.
(39) Rathaj, H. & Elicki, O. (2007): Sicherung spektakulärer Spurenfossilien urzeitlicher Gliederfüßer durch Herstellung einer großflächigen Kunststoff-Replik. Veröffentlichungen des Museums für Naturkunde Chemnitz, 30: 147-152.
(38) Shinaq, R. & Elicki, O. (2007): The Cambrian sedimentary succession from the Wadi Zerqa Ma'in (northeastern Dead Sea area, Jordan): lithology and fossil content. N. Jb. Geol. Pal. Abh., 243/3: 255-271.
(37) Elicki, O. (2006): Microbiofacies analysis of Cambrian offshore carbonates from Sardinia (Italy): environment reconstruction and development of a drowning carbonate platform. Carnets de Géologie / Notebooks on Geology, 2006/01: 1-22.
(36) Buschmann, B., Elicki, O. & Jonas, P. (2006): The Cadomian unconformity in the Saxo-Thuringian Zone, Germany: Palaeogeographic affinities of Ediacaran (terminal Neoproterozoic) and Cambrian strata. Precambrian Research, 147: 387-403.
(35) Elicki, O. (2005): Value and limits of western Gondwana's Cambrian small shelly fossils. Acta micropalaeontologica Sinica, 22 (Supplement): 35-36.
(34) Elicki, O. (2005): The utility of late Early to Middle Cambrian small shelly fossils from the western Mediterranean. Geosciences Journal, 9(2) special issue "Cambrian in the Land of Morning Calm": 161-171.
(33) Elicki, O. & Shinaq, R. (2005): A Cambrian microfauna from the Dead Sea: palaeogeographic and palaeoecological implications. Acta micropalaeontologica Sinica, 22 (Supplement): 33-34.
(32) Schneider, J., Cleal, C.J. & Elicki, O. (2005, eds.): Late Palaeozoic terrestrial environments. Zeitschrift der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Geowissenschaften, 156(3): 109 pp.
(31) Elicki, O. & Pillola, G.L. (2004): Cambrian microfauna and palaeoecology of the Campo Pisano Formation at Gutturu Pala (Iglesiente, SW Sardinia, Italy). Bolletino della Società Paleontologica Italiana, 43 (3): 383-401.
(30) Mergl, M. & Elicki, O. (2004): Cambrian lingulid and acrotretid brachiopods from the Iglesiente area (Campo Pisano Formation, southwestern Sardinia). Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia, 110 (3): 581-589.
(29) Wotte, T., Elicki, O., Perejón, A. & Moreno-Eiris, E. (2004): Facies distribution patterns and environment interpretation of the Upper Láncara Formation in the Esla Nappe (Cantabrian zone, NW Spain) by quantitative microfacies analysis. Freiberger Forschungshefte, C 502: Paläontologie, Stratigraphie, Fazies (12): 101-118; Freiberg.
(28) Zeidler, M., Elicki, O., Walter, H., Kurze, M., Tröger, K.-A. & Kupetz, M. (2004): Neue Daten zur Biostratigraphie in der "Phyllitischen Einheit" des Nossen-Wilsdruffer Schiefergebirges (Sachsen). Freiberger Forschungshefte, C 502: Paläontologie, Stratigraphie, Fazies (12): 119-130; Freiberg.
(27) Elicki, O. (2003): Das Kambrium. Biologie in unserer Zeit. 33(6): 380-389. Wiley-vch.
(26) Elicki, O. (2003): Das Kambrium Sachsens. Veröffentlichungen des Museums für Naturkunde Chemnitz, 26: 41-62.
(25) Elicki, O. & Wotte, Th. (2003): Cambroclaves from the Cambrian of Sardinia (Italy) and Germany: constraints for the architecture of western Gondwana and the palaeogeographical and paleoecological potential of cambroclaves. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 195/1-2: 55-71.
(24) Elicki, O., Hamann, Y. & Münzberger, P. (2003): Biofazies, Paläoökologie und Ablagerungsmodell des Finalstadiums einer kambrischen Karbonatplattform-Entwicklung: die Fauna der Campo Pisano Formation SW-Sardiniens. Freiberger Forschungshefte, C 499: Paläontologie, Stratigraphie, Fazies - Heft 11: 1-33; Freiberg.
(23) Linnemann, U.; Elicki, O. & Gaitzsch, B. (2003): Die Stratigraphie des Saxothuringikums. In: Linnemann, U. (Hrsg.): Das Saxothuringikum. Geologica Saxonica, 48/49: 29-70.
(22) Álvaro, J.J., Elicki, O., Geyer, G., Rushton, A.W.A. & Shergold, J.H. (2003): Paleogeographic control on the Cambrian trilobite immigration and evolutionary patterns reported in the western Gondwana margin. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 195/1-2: 5-35.
(21) Elicki, O. (2002): First record of Cambrian pelagiellids from Sardinia. Freiberger Forschungshefte C 497; Paläontologie, Stratigraphie, Fazies - Heft 10. 19 - 27; Freiberg.
(20) Elicki, O., Schneider, J.W. & Shinaq, R. (2002): Prominent facies from the Lower/Middle Cambrian of the Dead Sea area (Jordan) and their palaeodepositional significance. Bulletin de la Société géologique de France, 173, 6: 147-152.
(19) Álvaro, J., Elicki, O., Debrenne, F. & Vizcaino, D. (2002): Small shelly fossils from the Lower Cambrian Lastours Formation, southern Montagne Noire, France. Geobios, 35: 397 - 409.
(18) Elicki, O. (2001): Fazies und Genese kambrischer Knollenkalke des nördlichen Iglesiente (Gutturu Pala, SW-Sardinien, Italien). Zentralblatt für Geologie und Paläontologie, Teil I (1/2): 33-54; Stuttgart.
(17) Elicki, O. (2000): Die kambrische "Görlitz-Fauna": Charakteristik und Bedeutung für die stratigraphische und paläogeographische Rekonstruktion Mitteleuropas. Zeitschrift für geologische Wissenschaften, 28 (1/2): 11-32; Berlin.
(16) Elicki, O. & Shinaq, R. (2000): Kambrische Lagunen-Karbonate vom südlichen Toten Meer (Wadi Tayan, Jordanien). Freiberger Forschungshefte, C 490; Paläontologie, Stratigraphie, Fazies - Heft 8: 51-66; Freiberg.
(15) Elicki, O. (1999): Beitrag zur Lithofazies und zur Lithostratigraphie im Unterkambrium von Doberlug-Torgau. Freiberger Forschungshefte, C 481; Paläontologie, Stratigraphie, Fazies - Heft 7: 107-119; Freiberg.
(14) Elicki, O. (1999): Palaeoecological Significance of Calcimicrobial Communities during Ramp Evolution: an Example from the Lower Cambrian of Germany. FACIES, 41: 27 - 40; Erlangen.
(13) Buschmann, B., Elicki, O., Gaitzsch, B. & Jonas; P. (1999): Old Crusts - new problems: Geodynamics and Utilisation. - 89th Annual Meeting of the Geologische Vereinigung e.V. - Guide short course no. 4: Pre-Upper Carboniferous in the Torgau- Doberlug Syncline: Cadomian basement (Terminal Proterozoic), Cadomian molasse and overlap sequence (Lower and Middle Cambrian), early Variscan molasse (Viséan III). 22th-26th February, Freiberg, Saxony: 1-63; Freiberg.
(12) Elicki, O. (1998): First report of Halkieria and enigmatic globular fossils from the Central European Marianian (Lower Cambrian, Görlitz Syncline, Germany). Revista Española de Paleontología, No. extr. Homenaje al Prof. Gonzalo Vidal, pp. 51-64; Madrid.
(11) Elicki, O. (1997): Biostratigraphic data of the German Cambrian - present state of knowledge. Freiberger Forschungshefte, C 466; Paläontologie, Stratigraphie, Fazies - Heft 4: 155-165; Freiberg.
(10) Brause, H., Elicki, O. & Kemnitz, H. (1997): Lausitzer Masse, In: Steininger, F.F. (Hrsg.): Stratigraphie von Deutschland II - Ordovizium, Kambrium, Vendium, Riphäikum, Teil I: Thüringen, Sachsen, Ostbayern: 299-334; Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 200; Frankfurt a.M.
(9) Elicki, O. (1996): Die Gastropoden und Monoplacophoren der unterkambrischen Görlitz Fauna. Freiberger Forschungshefte, C 464; Paläontologie, Stratigraphie, Fazies - Heft 3: 145 - 173; Freiberg.
(8) Göthel, M. & Elicki, O. (1996): Das Görlitzer Unterkambrium - eine variszische Duplexstruktur im Görlitzer Synklinorium? (Saxothuringikum, Sudetische Terrane, Sachsen). Natur und Landschaft in der Niederlausitz (17); Cottbus.
(7) Elicki, O. (1995): Faziesanalyse der unterkambrischen Karbonate des Görlitz Synklinoriums. Berichte der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft der Oberlausitz, Bd. 4: 75 - 85; Görlitz.
(6) Elicki, O. (1995): Fazielle und stratigraphische Stellung des deutschen Unterkambriums. Zentralblatt für Geologie und Paläontologie, Teil I. (1/2): 245 - 255; Stuttgart.
(5) Geyer, G. & Elicki, O. (1995): Lower Cambrian trilobites from the Görlitz Synclinorium (Germany) - review and new results. Paläontologische Zeitschrift, 69 (1/2): 87-119; Stuttgart.
(4) Elicki, O. (1994): Lower Cambrian carbonates from eastern Germany: palaeontology, stratigraphy and palaeogeography. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen, 191/1: 69-93; Stuttgart.
(3) Elicki, O. & Debrenne, F. (1993): The Archaeocyatha of Germany. Freiberger Forschungshefte, C 450; Paläontologie, Stratigraphie, Fazies - Heft 1: 3-40; Leipzig.
(2) Elicki, O. (1992): Aspekte der Paläobiogeographie im deutschen Unterkambrium. Zentralblatt für Geologie und Paläontologie, Teil I (1/2): 17-20; Stuttgart.
(1) Elicki, O. & Schneider, J. (1992): Lower Cambrian (Atdabanian/Botomian) Shallow-marine Carbonates of the Görlitz Synclinorium (Saxony/Germany). FACIES, 26: 55-66; Erlangen.