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Lars E. Holmer

Lars E. Holmer

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Earth Science

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42
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6261
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5287
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Overview

Lars E. Holmer is affiliated with Uppsala University in Sweden and has contributed extensively to the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research portfolio includes more than 100 publications, with a significant focus on paleontology, particularly the study of fossils and stratigraphy.

The main fields of study covered by Holmer's work are:

  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

Within this broad area, their subfields of study include:

  • Paleontology
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Oceanography
  • Biomaterials
  • Geology

Holmer's research topics frequently explore:

  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology
  • Calcium Carbonate Crystallization and Inhibition
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Evolution and Paleontology Studies

Their recent notable papers include:

  • The oldest Cambrian trilobite - brachiopod association in South China, 2020, published in Gondwana Research
  • Brachiopods from the Byrd Group (Cambrian Series 2, Stage 4) Central Transantarctic Mountains, East Antarctica: biostratigraphy, phylogeny and systematics, 2020, published in Papers in Palaeontology
  • Lower-Middle Cambrian faunas and stratigraphy from northern Siberia, 2022, published in Acta Palaeontologica Polonica
  • The oldest 'Lingulellotreta' (Lingulata, Brachiopoda) from China and its phylogenetic significance: integrating new material from the Cambrian Stage 3-4 Lagerstätten in eastern Yunnan, South China, 2020, published in Journal of Systematic Palaeontology
  • Fossil brachiopod identification using a new deep convolutional neural network, 2021, published in Gondwana Research

Holmer collaborates frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Zhifei Zhang
  • Yue Liang
  • Zhiliang Zhang
  • Glenn A. Brock
  • Timothy P. Topper

Their work has been published regularly in the following venues:

  • Journal of Paleontology
  • Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences Geology
  • Gondwana Research
  • Papers in Palaeontology
  • Journal of Systematic Palaeontology

Best Publications

  • A Supra-Ordinal Classification of the Brachiopoda

    Alwyn Williams;Sandra J. Carlson;C. Howard C. Brunton;Lars E. Holmer

  • TREATISE ON INVERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY

    Fernando Alvarez;A. D. Ansell;P. G. Baker;M. G. Bassett

  • Middle Ordovician phosphatic inarticulate brachiopods from Västergötland and Dalarna, Sweden

    Lars E. Holmer

  • Cambrian-Ordovician Lingulate Brachiopods from Scandinavia, Kazakhstan and South Ural Mountains

    Leonid Popov;Lars E. Holmer

  • The scleritome of Eccentrotheca from the Lower Cambrian of South Australia: Lophophorate affinities and implications for tommotiid phylogeny

    Christian B. Skovsted;Glenn A. Brock;John R. Paterson;Lars E. Holmer

  • Stratigraphy of the Sauk III (Cambrian-Ordovician) in the Ibex Area, Western Millard County, Utah and Central Texas

    James F. Miller;Kevin R. Evans;James D. Loch;Raymond L. Ethington

  • A Stem Group Brachiopod From The Lower Cambrian: Support For A Micrina (Halkieriid) Ancestry

    Lars E. Holmer;Christian B. Skovsted;Alwyn Williams

  • Scleritome construction, biofacies, biostratigraphy and systematics of the tommotiid Eccentrotheca helenia sp. nov. from the Early Cambrian of South Australia

    Christian B. Skovsted;Christian B. Skovsted;Glenn A. Brock;Timothy P. Topper;John R. Paterson

  • Depositional sequences in the Ordovician of Baltoscandia

    A. Dronov;L. E. Holmer

  • Phylogenetic analysis of higher taxa of Brachiopoda

    Leonid E. Popov;Michael G. Basset;Lars E. Holmer;John Laurie

  • Shell structure and inferred growth, functions and affinities of the sclerites of the problematic Micrina

    Alwyn Williams;Lars E. Holmer

  • The Early Cambrian tommotiid Micrina, a sessile bivalved stem group brachiopod

    Lars E Holmer;Christian B Skovsted;Glenn A Brock;James L Valentine

  • Organophosphatic brachiopods : Patterns of biodiversification and extinction in the early Palaeozoic

    Michael G. Bassett;Leonid E. Popov;Lars E. Holmer

  • The scleritome of Paterimitra: an Early Cambrian stem group brachiopod from South Australia.

    Christian B Skovsted;Lars E Holmer;Cecilia M Larsson;Anette E.S Högström

  • A sclerite-bearing stem group entoproct from the early Cambrian and its implications

    Zhifei Zhang;Lars E. Holmer;Christian B. Skovsted;Glenn A. Brock

  • Early Cambrian lingulate brachiopods from glacial erratics of King George Island, (South Shetland Islands), Antarctica

    L. E. Holmer;L. E. Popov;Ryszard Wrona

  • Himalayan Cambrian brachiopods

    Leonid E. Popov;Lars E. Holmer;Nigel C. Hughes;Mansoureh Ghobadi Pour;Mansoureh Ghobadi Pour

  • Early Cambrian lingulate brachiopods from the Shaanxi Province, China

    Guoxiang Li;Lars E. Holmer

  • Brachiopods: Cambrian-Tremadoc precursors to Ordovician radiation events

    Michael G. Bassett;Leonid E. Popov;Lars E. Holmer

  • Gondwanan faunal signatures from Early Palaeozoic terranes of Kazakhstan and Central Asia: evidence and tectonic implications

    Leonid E. Popov;Michael G. Bassett;Vyacheslav G. Zhemchuzhnikov;Lars E. Holmer

  • The diversity and phylogeny of the paterinate brachiopods

    Alwyn Williams;Leonid E Popov;Lars Erik Holmer;Maggie Cusack

Frequent Co-Authors

Leonid E. Popov
Leonid E. Popov Cardiff University
Christian B. Skovsted
Christian B. Skovsted Swedish Museum of Natural History
Glenn A. Brock
Glenn A. Brock Macquarie University
John R. Paterson
John R. Paterson University of New England
Jean-Bernard Caron
Jean-Bernard Caron University of Toronto
David A. T. Harper
David A. T. Harper Durham University
Jian Han
Jian Han Northwest University
Maggie Cusack
Maggie Cusack University of Stirling
Degan Shu
Degan Shu Northwest University
Rong Jia-Yu
Rong Jia-Yu Chinese Academy of Sciences

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