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Marker Fossils

Marker Fossils is a paleontological concept referring to a fossil species with a known, well-constrained first appearance datum that serves as a temporal reference point for stratigraphic correlation due to its rapid evolution, wide geographic distribution, and abundant preservation.

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178

Authors

104

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2017–2026

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Publications

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A Total-Evidence Approach to Dating with Fossils, Applied to the Early Radiation of the Hymenoptera

Fredrik Ronquist, Seraina Klopfstein, Lars Vilhelmsen et al. · Systematic Biology · 2012 · 964 citations · Full text

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Biological Markers in the Sedimentary Record

P.H. Given · Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta · 1987 · 753 citations

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A reconstruction of Archean biological diversity based on molecular fossils from the 2.78 to 2.45 billion-year-old Mount Bruce Supergroup, Hamersley Basin, Western Australia

Jochen J. Brocks, Roger Buick, Roger E. Summons et al. · Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta · 2003 · 294 citations

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Pseudo-cryptic speciation in coccolithophores

Alberto G. Sáez, Ian Probert, Markus Geisen et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2003 · 283 citations · Full text

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Composition and syngeneity of molecular fossils from the 2.78 to 2.45 billion-year-old Mount Bruce Supergroup, Pilbara Craton, Western Australia

Jochen J. Brocks, Roger Buick, Graham A. Logan et al. · Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta · 2003 · 238 citations

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Authors

178

  1. RE
    Roger E. Summons

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States

    5 publications · 599 citations

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  2. JJ
    Jochen J. Brocks

    Australian National University, Australia

    2 publications · 532 citations

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  3. KG
    Kliti Grice

    Curtin University, Australia

    2 publications · 143 citations

    2

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  4. RB
    Roger Buick

    Earth and Space Research, United States

    2 publications · 532 citations

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  5. DK
    Dhirendra K. Pandey

    University of Rajasthan, India

    2 publications · 75 citations

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1–5 of 178

Institutions

104

  1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    4 h-index

    8 publications

    638 citations

  2. Geoscience Australia

    Canberra, Australia

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    922 citations

  3. Earth and Space Research

    Seattle, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    532 citations

  4. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

    New Brunswick, United States

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    194 citations

  5. Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung

    Bremerhaven, Germany

    2 h-index

    12 publications

    1.8K citations

  6. Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel

    Kiel, Germany

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    259 citations

  7. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    198 citations

  8. China University of Geosciences

    Wuhan, China

    2 h-index

    12 publications

    408 citations

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Venues

  1. Organic Geochemistry

    4 publications · 174 citations

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  2. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

    3 publications · 1.3K citations

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  3. Science in China Series D Earth Sciences

    3 publications · 168 citations

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  5. Geology

    2 publications · 242 citations

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