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Correlation of mid-Palaeozoic ammonoid evolutionary events with global sedimentary perturbations

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Eight ammonoid extinction events occurring within 30 million years seem to be correlated with sedimentary changes in global sea level and temperature. These evolutionary patterns may be regarded as a bioseismograph reflecting events causing environmental change.

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