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Includes bibliographical references.
Abstract -- Introduction -- Procedure. Assigning rock units to time slices ; Taxonomy and latitudinal endpoints of taxa ; Effective temperature ; Paleoshorelines and paleoclimatic regions ; Assignment of rock units to time slices ; Taxonomy and latitudinal endpoints of taxa ; Effective temperature ; Present-day molluscan and paleomolluscan provinces ; Climatic regions ; Continental climatic regions defined by temperature ; Marine climatic regions defined by temperature ; Effective temperature for fossil taxa ; Percentage of fossil taxa with a particular effective temperature -- Paleoshoreline maps and Paleoclimatic regions -- Results -- Discussion. Role of temperature in limiting distribution of marine mollusks ; Regional and global climatic changes ; Extralimital and extraprovincial or thermally anomalous molluscan taxa ; Regional extinction events ; Temperate marine paleoclimate ; Paleogeography.
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viii, 489 pages : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm.
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Includes bibliographical references.
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0813723574
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