The Quest for Early Silurian Crinoids – Dr. William I. Ausich – School of Earth Sciences, The Ohio State University

  •  November 7, 2024
     1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

The Ohio Geological Society

 

Thursday, November 7th, 2024

Talk Begins at 1 PM

 

Horace R. Collins Laboratory & Core Repository

3307 South Old State Rd.
Delaware, OH 43015

(740) 548-7348

The Quest for Early Silurian Crinoids

 

Dr. William I. Ausich –

School of Earth Sciences, The Ohio State University

 

The Ordovician-Silurian witnessed the 2nd greatest mass extinction ever on Earth. Crinoids were no exception, with early Silurian crinoids being very different from those that were in the Ordovician. My personal quest to understand this aspect of evolutionary history began in graduate school. With several starts and stops, I have now been able to study Early Silurian crinoids from Ohio, Kentucky, Quebec, and Estonia. We now know how and why it happened and how the biosphere recovered.

Apoarchaeocrinus anticostiensis, Silurian, Anticosti Island, Quebec

 

William I. Ausich received his B.S. degree at the University of Illinois, and A.M. and Ph.D. from Indiana University. In 1978 he joined the faculty at Wright State University and moved to Ohio State University in 1984. He retired in 2013 and is currently an Academy Professor in the School of Earth Sciences. Among other responsibilities, he served terms as Chair of the Department of Geological Sciences and Director of the Orton Geological Museum. He has written or co-edited nine books and more than 300 journal articles and guidebooks. His research has focused on the evolutionary paleoecology of Paleozoic marine communities with a special emphasis on crinoids.

 

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Venue:  

Venue Phone: 740-548-7348

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Address:
3307 South Old State Rd., Delaware, Ohio, 43015, United States

Description:

The ODNR Division of Geological Survey Horace R. Collins Laboratory is a multi-use facility located at Alum Creek State Park in Delaware County, Ohio. Core, sample, and twelve other collections are housed at the Ohio Geological Sample Repository. One wing of the facility has laboratories for core and sample description and analysis, petrographic studies, aggregate testing, and sedimentation research. A second wing houses Division of Watercraft Central District offices. The Collins Lab also headquarters the Ohio Seismic Network and the Lake Erie Data Center.