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Ammonoid Shell Morphology

Ammonoid Shell Morphology is a paleontological construct that characterizes the geometric and structural features of the coiled or uncoiled conch of ammonoid cephalopods, distinguishing it from other molluscan shell forms by its specific suture patterns, whorl geometry, and ornamentation.

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Geometric analysis of shell coiling; coiling in ammonoids

David M. Raup · Journal of Paleontology · 1967 · 331 citations

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Analysis of heteromorph ammonoids by differential geometry

Takashi Okamoto · Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution) · 1988 · 121 citations · Full text

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Evolutionary tradeoffs, Pareto optimality and the morphology of ammonite shells

Avichai Tendler, Uri Alon · BMC Systems Biology · 2015 · 120 citations · Full text

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A key for the description of Palaeozoic ammonoids

Dieter Korn · Fossil Record · 2010 · 118 citations · Full text

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XVII. On the geometrical forms of turbinated and discoid shells

Henry Moseley · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London · 1838 · 103 citations

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Authors

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  1. CK
    Christian Klug

    University of Zurich, Switzerland

    13 publications · 659 citations

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  2. DK
    Dieter Korn

    Museum für Naturkunde, Germany

    12 publications · 569 citations

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  3. NH
    Neil H. Landman

    American Museum of Natural History, United States

    11 publications · 282 citations

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  4. KT
    Kazushige Tanabe

    The University of Tokyo, Japan

    11 publications · 239 citations

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  5. WB
    W. Bruce Saunders

    Bryn Mawr College, United States

    7 publications · 440 citations

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122

  1. University of Zurich

    Zurich, Switzerland

    15 h-index

    28 publications

    1.3K citations

  2. The University of Tokyo

    Tokyo, Japan

    12 h-index

    20 publications

    423 citations

  3. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    11 h-index

    16 publications

    370 citations

  4. Museum für Naturkunde

    Berlin, Germany

    10 h-index

    12 publications

    586 citations

  5. American Museum of Natural History

    New York, United States

    9 h-index

    14 publications

    333 citations

  6. Swiss National Museum

    Zurich, Switzerland

    7 h-index

    12 publications

    522 citations

  7. Bryn Mawr College

    Bryn Mawr, United States

    7 h-index

    9 publications

    570 citations

  8. Institute of Paleontology A A Borisyak

    Moscow, Russia

    6 h-index

    7 publications

    169 citations

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  1. Paleobiology

    17 publications · 991 citations

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  2. Lethaia

    24 publications · 727 citations

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  3. Journal of Paleontology

    9 publications · 534 citations

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  4. Palaeontology

    7 publications · 226 citations

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  5. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica

    6 publications · 157 citations

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