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Olev Vinn

{{Short description|Estonian paleontologist (born 1971)}}

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| field = paleobiology, paleontology

| work_institutions = University of Tartu

| alma_mater = University of Tartu

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| known_for = studies on annelid biomineralization

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Olev Vinn (January 26, 1971) is an Estonian paleobiologist and paleontologist.Aaloe, A. (ed.) (1995). Estonian Geology. Biographic Directory. Tallinn: Geological Society of Estonia, 145 p.

Vinn graduated from the biology class of Tallinn 3. Secondary School in 1989. He studied geology at the University of Tartu from 1989 to 1993. Vinn holds an M.Sc.

degree in paleontology and stratigraphy from the University of Tartu in 1995 and a Ph.D. degree in geology from the same university in 2001. He is a senior research fellow

in paleontology at the University of Tartu since 2007. He has published more than 250 peer-reviewed papers in international scientific journals.Aaviksoo, J. (ed.) (2013). Biographic lexicon of Estonian Science. Part IV. Tartu, 1913 p. Since 2021, he has been an editor of the Journal of Paleontology.

Taxonomic studies

Vinn has described new genera and species of brachiopods, cornulitids, microconchids, serpulid polychaetes and trace fossils. He is a specialist of extinct tubicolous fossils. A microconchid species Microconchus vinni is named in honour of his taxonomic studies of tentaculitoid tubeworms.{{cite journal|last=Zatoń|first=M.|author2=Krawczyński, W. |date=2011|title=New Devonian microconchids (Tentaculita) from the Holy Cross Mountains, Poland|journal=Journal of Paleontology|volume=85|issue=4|pages=757–769|doi=10.1666/11-005.1|s2cid=128428024}}

Biomineralization studies

Vinn has described the majority of the annelid skeletal ultrastructures. Oriented tube structures are present in many serpulid species and cannot be explained by the standard carbonate slurry model. Vinn and his co-authors have hypothesized that oriented structures in serpulid tubes have been secreted in the same way as in mollusc shells, based on their ultrastructural similarity. Vinn and his co-authors proposed alternative ways to explain the calcified secretory granules described by Neff{{cite journal|last=Neff|first=J.M.|date=1971|title=Ultrastructure of calcium phosphate-containing cells in the serpulid Pomatoceros caeruleus|journal=Calcified Tissue Research|volume=7|issue=3|pages=191–200|doi=10.1007/bf02062606|pmid=4328005|s2cid=31218835}} in the lumen of the calcium-secreting glands in serpulids. They proposed that worm actually produces calcium-saturated mucus in the glands. The mucus is then deposited on the tube aperture, where crystallization of the structure is controlled by an organic matrix, as in molluscs. The calcified granules in the glands may only be an artifact of fixation and formed after the death of the worm.Ehrlich, H. (2010). Biological Materials of Marine Origin: Invertebrates. Dordrecht: Springer, 572 p.

Paleoecology studies

Vinn has studied the evolution of symbiosis in several groups of early invertebrates such as cornulitids, microconchids, bryozoans, brachiopods, crinoids, stromatoporoids, tabulates and rugosans. He has described serpulid faunas of Mesozoic to Recent hydrocarbon seeps. A Late Devonian coral species ?Michelinia vinni is named in honour of his contribution to knowledge of ecology of Palaeozoic bioconstructing organisms.{{cite journal|last=Zapalski|first=M.K.|author2=Berkowski, B. |author3=Wrzołek, T. |date=2016|title=Tabulate Corals after the Frasnian/Famennian Crisis: A Unique Fauna from the Holy Cross Mountains, Poland|journal=PLOS ONE|volume=11|issue=3|pages=e0149767|pmid= 27007689|doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0149767|pmc=4807921|bibcode=2016PLoSO..1149767Z|doi-access=free}} A crinoid species name Hiiumaacrinus vinni recognizes his significant contributions to the Silurian paleontology of Estonia.{{cite journal|last=Ausich|first=W.I.|author2=Wilson, M.A. |date=2016|title=Llandovery (early Silurian) crinoids from Hiiumaa Island, western Estonia|journal=Journal of Paleontology|volume= 90|issue=6|pages=1138–1147|doi= 10.1017/jpa.2016.120|bibcode=2016JPal...90.1138A |s2cid=133155370}}

Publications

Some of Vinn's more important publications include:

  • {{cite journal | last1 = Vinn | first1 = O. | last2 = ten Hove | first2 = H.A. | last3 = Mutvei | first3 = H. | last4 = Kirsimäe | first4 = K. | year = 2008 | title = Ultrastructure and mineral composition of serpulid tubes (Polychaeta, Annelida) | journal = Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society | volume = 154 | issue = 4 | pages = 633–650 | doi=10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00421.x| url = https://zenodo.org/record/5445606 | doi-access = free }}
  • {{cite journal | last1 = Vinn | first1 = O. | last2 = Jäger | first2 = M. | last3 = Kirsimäe | first3 = K. | year = 2008 | title = Microscopic evidence of serpulid affinities of the problematic fossil tube "Serpula" etalensis from the Lower Jurassic of Germany | journal = Lethaia | volume = 41 | issue = 4 | pages = 417–421 | doi=10.1111/j.1502-3931.2008.00093.x| bibcode = 2008Letha..41..417V }}
  • {{cite journal | last1 = Vinn | first1 = O | year = 2009 | title = Attempted predation on Early Paleozoic cornulitids | journal = Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology | volume = 273 | issue = 1–2 | pages = 87–91 | doi=10.1016/j.palaeo.2008.12.004| bibcode = 2009PPP...273...87V }}
  • {{cite journal | last1 = Vinn | first1 = O | year = 2010 | title = Adaptive strategies in the evolution of encrusting tentaculitoid tubeworms | journal = Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology | volume = 292 | issue = 1–2 | pages = 211–221 | doi=10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.03.046| bibcode = 2010PPP...292..211V }}
  • {{cite journal | last1 = Vinn | first1 = O. | last2 = ten Hove | first2 = H.A. | year = 2011 | title = Microstructure and formation of the calcareous operculum in Pyrgopolon ctenactis and Spirobranchus giganteus (Annelida, Serpulidae) | journal = Zoomorphology | volume = 130 | issue = 3 | pages = 181–188 | doi=10.1007/s00435-011-0133-0| s2cid = 41765489 }}
  • Vinn, O. and Mõtus, M.-A. 2012. Diverse early endobiotic coral symbiont assemblage from the Katian (Late Ordovician) of Baltica. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 321–322, 137–141.
  • {{cite journal | last1 = Vinn | first1 = O | year = 2013 | title = On the unique isotropic aragonitic tube microstructure of some serpulids (Polychaeta, Annelida) | journal = Journal of Morphology | volume = 274 | issue = 4 | pages = 478–482 | doi=10.1002/jmor.20112| pmid = 23280721 | s2cid = 3237209 }}
  • {{cite journal | last1 = Vinn | first1 = O | year = 2013 | title = SEM study of semi-oriented tube microstructures of Serpulidae (Polychaeta, Annelida): implications for the evolution of complex oriented microstructures | journal = Microscopy Research and Technique | volume = 76 | issue = 5 | pages = 453–456 | doi=10.1002/jemt.22186| pmid = 23408686 | s2cid = 28986837 }}
  • {{cite journal | last1 = Vinn | first1 = O | year = 2013 | title = Occurrence, formation and function of organic sheets in the mineral tube structures of Serpulidae (Polychaeta, Annelida) | journal = PLOS ONE | volume = 8 | issue = 10| page = e75330 | doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0075330 | pmid=24116035 | pmc=3792063 | bibcode = 2013PLoSO...875330V| doi-access = free }}
  • {{cite journal | last1 = Vinn | first1 = O. | last2 = Kupriyanova | first2 = E.K. | last3 = Kiel | first3 = S. | year = 2013 | title = Serpulids (Annelida, Polychaeta) at Cretaceous to modern hydrocarbon seeps: ecologic and evolutionary patterns | journal = Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology | volume = 390 | pages = 35–41 | doi=10.1016/j.palaeo.2012.08.003 | bibcode = 2013PPP...390...35V}}
  • {{cite journal | last1 = Vinn | first1 = O. | last2 = Mõtus | first2 = M.-A. | year = 2014 | title = Endobiotic rugosan symbionts in stromatoporoids from the Sheinwoodian (Silurian) of Baltica | journal = PLOS ONE | volume = 9 | issue = 2| page = e90197 | doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0090197 | pmid=24587277 | pmc=3934990 | bibcode = 2014PLoSO...990197V| doi-access = free }}
  • {{cite journal | last1 = Kupriyanova | first1 = E.K. | last2 = Vinn | first2 = O. | last3 = Taylor | first3 = P.D. | last4 = Schopf | first4 = J.W. | last5 = Kudryavtsev | first5 = A. | last6 = Bailey-Brock | first6 = J. | year = 2014 | title = Serpulids living deep: calcareous tubeworms beyond the abyss | journal = Deep-Sea Research Part I | volume = 90 | pages = 91–104 | doi=10.1016/j.dsr.2014.04.006 | bibcode=2014DSRI...90...91K}}
  • {{cite journal | last1 = Vinn | first1 = O. | last2 = Wilson | first2 = M.A. | last3 = Mõtus | first3 = M.-A. | year = 2014 | title = The earliest giant Osprioneides borings from the Sandbian (Late Ordovician) of Estonia | journal = PLOS ONE | volume = 9 | issue = 6| page = e99455 | doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0099455 | pmid=24901511 | pmc=4047083 | bibcode = 2014PLoSO...999455V| doi-access = free }}
  • {{cite journal | last1 = Vinn | first1 = O. | last2 = Wilson | first2 = M.A. | last3 = Toom | first3 = U. | year = 2014 | title = Earliest rhynchonelliform brachiopod parasite from the Late Ordovician of northern Estonia (Baltica) | journal = Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology | volume = 411 | pages = 42–45 | doi=10.1016/j.palaeo.2014.06.028 | bibcode = 2014PPP...411...42V}}
  • {{cite journal | last1 = Vinn | first1 = O. | last2 = Wilson | first2 = M.A. | last3 = Mõtus | first3 = M.-A. | last4 = Toom | first4 = U. | year = 2014 | title = The earliest bryozoan parasite: Middle Ordovician (Darriwilian) of Osmussaar Island, Estonia | journal = Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology | volume = 414 | pages = 129–132 | doi=10.1016/j.palaeo.2014.08.021 | bibcode = 2014PPP...414..129V}}
  • {{cite journal | last1 = Chan | first1 = V. | last2 = Vinn | first2 = O. | last3 = Li | first3 = C. | last4 = Lu | first4 = X. | last5 = Kudryavtsev | first5 = A.B. | last6 = Schopf | first6 = J.W. | last7 = Shih | first7 = K. | last8 = Zhang | first8 = T. | last9 = Thiyagarajan | first9 = V. | year = 2015 | title = Evidence of compositional and ultrastructural shifts during the development of calcareous tubes in the biofouling tubeworm, Hydroides elegans | journal = Journal of Structural Biology | volume = 189 | issue = 3 | pages = 230–237 | doi=10.1016/j.jsb.2015.01.004| pmid = 25600412 }}
  • {{cite journal|last=Vinn|first=O.|date=2024|title=Potential incompatibility of inherited behavior patterns with civilization: Implications for Fermi paradox|journal=Science Progress|volume=107|issue=3|pages=1–6|doi=10.1177/00368504241272491|pmid= 39105260|s2cid= |pmc=11307330}}
  • {{cite journal|last=Vinn|first=O.|date=2025|title=How to solve the problem of inherited behavior patterns and increase the sustainability of technological civilization|journal=Frontiers in Psychology|volume=16|issue= |pages=1–4|doi=10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1562943|doi-access=free |pmid= |s2cid= |pmc=11866485 }}

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External links

  • [https://www.etis.ee/Portal/Persons/Display/333b8e4a-6582-41aa-b39b-0d09f6103673?tabId=CV_ENG Estonian Science Portal]
  • [https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Olev_Vinn ResearchGate]
  • [http://lepo.it.da.ut.ee/~vinn/vinn2.htm Olev Vinn's publications]

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