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Dr. William I. Ausich Professor Department of Geological Sciences E-mail - ausich.1@osu.edu |
Office..............(614) 292-3353 |
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Secondary
areas:
Carbonate
Geology
Stratigraphy
Mississippian
and Silurian Geology
Research Interests / Present Focus / On-going Research:
| Ordovician-Silurian Crinoids
from Anticosti Island, Quebec, Canada
Extinction and Radiation of Crinoids during the Terminal Ordovician Extinction Event Ordovician Crinoids from South-Central Spain Tiering in Benthic Communities Throughout the Phanerozoic Mississippian Crinoidea from Central Utah Cyclocystoidea, Echinoidea,
Ophiuroidea, Diploporita, Rhombifera, and Asteroidea Heterochrony in the Early Evolution of the Codiacrinids |
Additional Ausich Website Links:
| Crinoid Webpage in Tree of Life.
Page by W.I. Ausich and C.G. Messing http://phylogeny.arizona.edu/tree/eukaryotes/animals/echinodermata/crinoidea/crinoidea.html Tiering Website by W.I. Ausich
and D.J. Bottjer |