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Antillean ichnology was essentially a blank book when Ron Pickerill of the University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, made his first research visit to Jamaica in February 1990. Ron's first Jamaican trace-fossil research team worked initially on the Paleogene Richmond Formation, a flysch succession. Subsequent fieldwork examined the diverse sedimentary formations of the Neogene Coastal Group. Ron's encyclopaedic knowledge of ichnotaxonomy and his enthusiasm for fieldwork led the team in many directions. Investigations were integrated with new studies of the island's sedimentology and paleontology. For example, the description of the ichnology and sedimentology of the Upper Pliocene Bowden Formation, including the internationally famous Bowden shell bed, was part of a much wider study. The case-hardened rocks of the White Limestone Group discouraged detailed study until Donovan Blissett attacked the diverse ichnobiota of these user-unfriendly rocks for his doctorate under Ron's supervision at the University of New Brunswick. Carriacou in the Grenadines was the other island to receive detailed examination in terms of its ichnofauna by Ron and his co-workers. The east coast of this small island provides a near-continuous exposure of the deep water succession of the Grand Bay Formation. Deeper-water burrows and borings in allochthonous bioclasts derived from the shallow shelf provide ichnological contrast in this formation. On ne connaissait essentiellement rien de l'ichnologie antillaise lorsque Ron Pickerill, de l'Universite du Nouveau-Brunswick a Fredericton, a effectue sa premiere visite de recherche en Jamaique en fevrier 1990. La premiere equipe de recherche sur les ichnofossiles jamaicains de Ron a initialement travaille sur la formation du Paleogene de Richmond, une sequence de flysch. Au cours de travaux subsequents sur le terrain, lequipe a examine les diverses formations sedimentaires du groupe Coastal du Neogene. Les connaissances encyclopediques de l'ichnotaxonomie de Ron et son enthousiasme pour le travail sur le terrain ont mene l'equipe dans maintes directions. Des investigations ont ete integrees aux nouvelles etudes de la sedimentologie et de la paleontologie de l'ile. La description de l'ichnologie et de la sedimentologie de la formation de Bowden du Pliocene superieur, notamment le lit coquillier de renommee internationale de Bowden, sest par exemple inscrite dans une etude beaucoup plus large. Les roches cementees du groupe de White Limestone ont decourage une etude detaillee jusqua ce que Donovan Blissett s'attaque a l'ichnobiote de ces roches inconviviales pour son doctorat sous la surveillance de Ron a l'Universite du Nouveau-Brunswick. Carriacou dans les Grenadines a ete l'autre ile a faire lobjet d'un examen detaille de son ichnofaune par Ron et ses collegues. La cote est de cette petite ile presente un affleurement quasi continu de la succession en eau profonde de la formation de Grand Bay. Les tubes en eau plus profonde et les perforations dans les roches bioclastiques allochtones provenant de la plate-forme interne offrent un contraste ichnologique a l'interieur de cette formation. [Traduitpar la redaction], INTRODUCTION I was appointed as a lecturer in the Department of Geology at the University of the West Indies, Mona (UWI), in mid-December 1985, following an informal telephone interview with [...]