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William I. Ausich

Earth and Planetary Sciences · The Ohio State University

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Established · publishing since 1976
Paleontology and Stratigraphy of FossilsMarine Biology and Ecology ResearchGeology and Paleoclimatology ResearchEvolution and Paleontology StudiesIsotope Analysis in Ecology

Publications

313

Citations

5,075

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

51

Publishing since 1976

Research summary
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William I. Ausich studies fossil echinoderms, especially crinoids (sea lilies), examining their evolutionary history, classification, functional shapes, and the environments in which they lived from the Ordovician through Permian periods (roughly 480 to 250 million years ago). His work combines detailed descriptions of new fossil species with broader questions about how ancient marine communities were structured and how these organisms adapted over deep time.

Crinoid and echinoderm paleontologySystematics and taxonomic revision of fossil speciesPaleoecology and functional morphologyStratigraphy and biostratigraphic correlationEvolutionary patterns and macroevolution

Publication output has been fairly steady over the last decade, peaking around 2019 with 13 papers and settling to a somewhat lower but consistent pace of about 6-8 papers per year in recent years.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 6.2/year recently
2017: 7 publications172018: 9 publications182019: 13 publications13192020: 11 publications202021: 9 publications212022: 10 publications222023: 6 publications232024: 6 publications242025: 8 publications252026: 1 publication26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Journal of Paleontology×29
  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America×18
  • Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen×4
  • Treatise Online×4
  • Paleobiology×2
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Last updated Jul 19, 2026.

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