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Echinoderm Skeleton Microstructure

Echinoderm Skeleton Microstructure is a specialized morphological construct in paleobiological analysis that characterizes the fine-scale, stereom-based architectural organization of the calcitic endoskeleton unique to echinoderms, distinguished by its taxon-specific patterns of crystallographic orientation, pore system geometry, and structural adaptation to biomechanical and physiological demands.

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2017–2026

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Sea Urchin Spine Calcite Forms via a Transient Amorphous Calcium Carbonate Phase

Yael Politi, Talmon Arad, Eugenia Klein et al. · Science · 2004 · 955 citations

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Echinoderm taphonomy, taphofacies, and Lagerstätten

Carlton E. Brett, Heather A. Moffat, Wendy L. Taylor · The Paleontological Society Papers · 1997 · 171 citations

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Echinoderm Skeletal Preservation: Calcite-Aragonite Seas and the Mg/Ca Ratio of Phanerozoic Oceans

J. A. D. Dickson · Journal of Sedimentary Research · 2004 · 165 citations

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Nanoengineering in Echinoderms: The Emergence of Morphology from Nanobricks

Yuya Oaki, Hiroaki Imai · Small · 2005 · 155 citations

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The incorporation of magnesium into the skeletal calcites of echinoderms

Jon N. Weber · American Journal of Science · 1969 · 151 citations

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Authors

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  1. PG
    Przemysław Gorzelak

    Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland

    7 publications · 140 citations

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  2. PD
    Philippe Dúbois

    University of Mons, Belgium

    5 publications · 138 citations

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  3. AB
    Andrew B. Smith

    Natural History Museum, United Kingdom

    5 publications · 126 citations

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  4. JS
    Jarosław Stolarski

    Institute of Paleobiology, Poland

    5 publications · 109 citations

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  5. KM
    Konrad Märkel

    Ruhr University Bochum, Germany

    4 publications · 158 citations

    4

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Institutions

137

  1. Université Libre de Bruxelles

    Brussels, Belgium

    8 h-index

    20 publications

    604 citations

  2. Polish Academy of Sciences

    Warsaw, Poland

    7 h-index

    14 publications

    282 citations

  3. Institute of Paleobiology

    Warsaw, Poland

    6 h-index

    13 publications

    266 citations

  4. Ruhr University Bochum

    Bochum, Germany

    5 h-index

    10 publications

    382 citations

  5. University of Milan

    Milan, Italy

    4 h-index

    11 publications

    282 citations

  6. Natural History Museum

    London, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    112 citations

  7. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    266 citations

  8. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    176 citations

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Venues

  1. Zoomorphology

    13 publications · 544 citations

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  2. Journal of Morphology

    5 publications · 98 citations

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  3. Journal of Paleontology

    4 publications · 129 citations

    4

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  4. Cell and Tissue Research

    3 publications · 137 citations

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  5. Science

    3 publications · 1K citations

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