Assertion: echinoderm's skeleton | /r/CapableOf | provide valuable clues
Facets:
value: as to the geological environment
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: The echinoderms are important both biologically and geologically: biologically because few other groupings are so abundant in the biotic desert of the deep sea, as well as the shallower oceans, and geologically as their ossified skeletons are major contributors to many limestone formations, and can provide valuable clues as to the geological environment.