Special Papers in Palaeontology, published by The Palaeontological Association, is a series of substantial separate works conforming to the style of the Palaeontology journal. Two issues are published each year and feature high standard illustrations.

• This issue investigates the Hope Bay and Botany Bay, Graham Land, Antarctica which have yielded two of the most diverse floras known from the Jurassic.
• Presents a major revision of the Hope Bay flora, based on extensive subsequent collections.
• Brings together researchers, geologists and enthusiasts who continue to find material of significance.
• Highlights the need for reappraisal of a number of other Mesozoic Gondwanan floras that have been dated mainly on their close similarity to the Hope Bay flora.
• Includes 20 plates, 2 tables and 9 text-figures.