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Title: Geographic distribution of the Late Cenozoic bivalve Fortipecten in the northwestern Pacific
Description: The distribution and migration history of the genus Fortipecten, a characteristic Late Cenozoic bivalve, is evaluated on the basis of specimens from Hokkaido, northern Japan. Fossil occurrences indicate that Fortipecten species lived in Hokkaido from...
Author: R Nakashima
Subject: Biogeography; Paleoecology; Cenozoic; Pliocene; Pleistocene; Miocene; Palaeotemperature; Climatic changes; Palaeoecology; Marine molluscs; Ecological distribution; Migrations; Temperature preferences; Temperature effects; Species extinction; Mortality causes; Palaeontology; Biostratigraphy; Animal fossils; Palaeoceanography; Geomorphology; Straits; Fortipecten; Fortipecten takahashii; Pacific Ocean, Northwest; INW, Japan, Hokkaido; Japan, Hokkaido, Atsuga Formation; INW, Japan, Honshu; INW, Russia, Kamchatskaya; INW, Pacific; USA, Alaska, Bear Lake Formation; INE, Bering Sea, Bering Strait ; global cooling; southward migrations; warm, high-stand conditions; global warming
Publisher: Elsevier Science B.V.
Date Issued: 2002
Resource Type: Journal Article
Resource Identifier (URI) : http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0031-0182(01)00490-4
Source: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology [Palaeogeogr., Palaeoclimatol., Palaeoecol.]. Vol. 186, no. 3-4, pp. 261-274. 12 Oct 2002.
Language: English
Rights: Copyright held by Publisher
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