Dr. William I. Ausich Professor Department of Geological Sciences 86 Orton Hall 155 S. Oval Mall The Ohio State University Columbus, Ohio 43210 E-mail - ausich.1@osu.edu

Office..............(614) 292-3353 Department.....(614) 292-8746 Fax................ (614) 292-1496

       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               from the Ordovician-Silurian of Anticosti Island, Quebec, Canada          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              http://www.geology.ohio-state.edu/tiering