Concepedia

Porter M. Kier

PM

Statistics

Publications

28

Citations

1.3K

H-Index

20

Active since

1957

Affiliations

Smithsonian Institution(Current)

The University of Texas at Austin

National Museum of Natural History

Porter M. Kier is an author at Smithsonian Institution specializing in evolutionary biology, natural sciences, and biology.

Top concepts

Evolutionary BiologyBiologyNatural SciencesPaleoecologyPhylogeneticsPaleobotanyAnatomyGeologyMedicineEngineering

Publications per year

1957–2006

28

Publications

28

The Red Bird section of the Upper Cretaceous Pierre Shale in Wyoming

James R. Gill, W. A. Cobban, Porter M. Kier · USGS professional paper · 1966 · 140 citations · Full text

Engineering, Structural Geology, Sedimentary Geology +7

The poor fossil record of the regular echinoid

Porter M. Kier · Paleobiology · 1977 · 137 citations

Biology, Morphological Evidence, Poor Fossil Record +12

Evolutionary Trends and Their Functional Significance in the Post-Paleozoic Echinoids

Porter M. Kier · Journal of Paleontology · 1974 · 125 citations

Living Fossil, Functional Advantages, Evolutionary Trends +16

Echinoid distribution and habits, Key Largo Coral Reef Preserve, Florida

Porter M. Kier, Richard E. Grant · Smithsonian Digital Repository (Smithsonian Institution) · 1965 · 118 citations

Engineering, Coral Reef, Echinoid Distribution +10

Echinoid Paleobiology.

Porter M. Kier, Andrew Smith · Systematic Zoology · 1984 · 71 citations

Biology, Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction, Natural Sciences +6

1–5 of 28