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Special Papers in Palaeontology Archive

Special Papers in Paleontology range from monographic treatments of groups to edited volumes on linked themes. Currently backissues are available for Number 1 through 70 and are provide free of charge in the form of downloadable PDFs. Paper copies may be bought from our online shop.

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Please note that currently not all the articles from 1-70 which we have scanned are currently online. It should be noted that we do not currently have any electronic versions of Numbers 56, 63, and 68. If you require one of the missing articles contact the Executive Officer (executive@palass.org). We hope to rectify this issue soon.

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Number: 12

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Article: Front Cover, Content, Preface

Publication: Special Papers in Palaeontology
Number: 12
Thematic Volume: Organisms and continents through time: a symposium
Edited By: N. F. Hughes
Publication Date: 1973
Authored by: n/a
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Article: Phanerozoic world maps

Publication: Special Papers in Palaeontology
Number: 12
Thematic Volume: Organisms and continents through time: a symposium
Edited By: N. F. Hughes
Publication Date: 1973
Page(s): 1–42
Authored by: A. G. Smith, J. C. Briden and G. E. Drewry
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Article: Numerical simulation of climate: present, past, and future

Publication: Special Papers in Palaeontology
Number: 12
Thematic Volume: Organisms and continents through time: a symposium
Edited By: N. F. Hughes
Publication Date: 1973
Page(s): 43–44
Authored by: Yale Mintz
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Article: Statistical methods for the study of biogeography

Publication: Special Papers in Palaeontology
Number: 12
Thematic Volume: Organisms and continents through time: a symposium
Edited By: N. F. Hughes
Publication Date: 1973
Page(s): 45–60
Authored by: P. H. A. Sneath and K. G. McKenzie
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Article: Organic diversity, palaeomagnetism, and Permian palaeogeography

Publication: Special Papers in Palaeontology
Number: 12
Thematic Volume: Organisms and continents through time: a symposium
Edited By: N. F. Hughes
Publication Date: 1973
Page(s): 61–78
Authored by: F. J. Vine
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Article: Plates and provinciality, a theoretical history of environmental discontinuities

Publication: Special Papers in Palaeontology
Number: 12
Thematic Volume: Organisms and continents through time: a symposium
Edited By: N. F. Hughes
Publication Date: 1973
Page(s): 79–92
Authored by: James W. Valentine
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Article: Distributional patterns in contempry terrestrial and marine animals

Publication: Special Papers in Palaeontology
Number: 12
Thematic Volume: Organisms and continents through time: a symposium
Edited By: N. F. Hughes
Publication Date: 1973
Page(s): 93–106
Authored by: A. Hallam
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Article: Problems with small islands

Publication: Special Papers in Palaeontology
Number: 12
Thematic Volume: Organisms and continents through time: a symposium
Edited By: N. F. Hughes
Publication Date: 1973
Page(s): 107–112
Authored by: J. D. Holloway
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Article: Systematics and plate tectonics in the spread of marsupials

Publication: Special Papers in Palaeontology
Number: 12
Thematic Volume: Organisms and continents through time: a symposium
Edited By: N. F. Hughes
Publication Date: 1973
Page(s): 113–120
Authored by: C. Barry Cox
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Article: The origin and affinities of the African mammal faunas

Publication: Special Papers in Palaeontology
Number: 12
Thematic Volume: Organisms and continents through time: a symposium
Edited By: N. F. Hughes
Publication Date: 1973
Page(s): 121–136
Authored by: S. C. Coryndon and R. J. G. Savage
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Article: The biogeography of some Cainozoic Ostracoda

Publication: Special Papers in Palaeontology
Number: 12
Thematic Volume: Organisms and continents through time: a symposium
Edited By: N. F. Hughes
Publication Date: 1973
Page(s): 137–154
Authored by: K. G. McKenzie
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Article: Larger Foraminifera and seas through time

Publication: Special Papers in Palaeontology
Number: 12
Thematic Volume: Organisms and continents through time: a symposium
Edited By: N. F. Hughes
Publication Date: 1973
Page(s): 155–168
Authored by: F. C. Dilley
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Article: Cretaceous Tethyan coral-rudist biogeography related to the evolution of the Atlantic ocean

Publication: Special Papers in Palaeontology
Number: 12
Thematic Volume: Organisms and continents through time: a symposium
Edited By: N. F. Hughes
Publication Date: 1973
Page(s): 169–174
Authored by: A. G. Coates
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Article: Mesozoic floras

Publication: Special Papers in Palaeontology
Number: 12
Thematic Volume: Organisms and continents through time: a symposium
Edited By: N. F. Hughes
Publication Date: 1973
Page(s): 175–188
Authored by: P. D. W. Barnard
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Article: Mesozoic and Tertiary distributions, and problems of land-plant evolution

Publication: Special Papers in Palaeontology
Number: 12
Thematic Volume: Organisms and continents through time: a symposium
Edited By: N. F. Hughes
Publication Date: 1973
Page(s): 189–198
Authored by: N. F. Hughes
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Article: A history of organic siliceous sediments in oceans

Publication: Special Papers in Palaeontology
Number: 12
Thematic Volume: Organisms and continents through time: a symposium
Edited By: N. F. Hughes
Publication Date: 1973
Page(s): 199–234
Authored by: A. T. S. Ramsey
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Article: Ordovician trilobite distribution and geography

Publication: Special Papers in Palaeontology
Number: 12
Thematic Volume: Organisms and continents through time: a symposium
Edited By: N. F. Hughes
Publication Date: 1973
Page(s): 235–240
Authored by: H. B. Whittington and P. Hughes
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Article: Distribution of Brachiopod assemblages in relation to Ordovician palaeogeography

Publication: Special Papers in Palaeontology
Number: 12
Thematic Volume: Organisms and continents through time: a symposium
Edited By: N. F. Hughes
Publication Date: 1973
Page(s): 241–270
Authored by: Alwyn Williams
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Article: The distribution of Late Palaeozoic floras

Publication: Special Papers in Palaeontology
Number: 12
Thematic Volume: Organisms and continents through time: a symposium
Edited By: N. F. Hughes
Publication Date: 1973
Page(s): 271–290
Authored by: W. G. Chaloner and W. S. Lacey
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Article: Brachipod distributions and the faunal provinces in the Silurian and Lower Devonian

Publication: Special Papers in Palaeontology
Number: 12
Thematic Volume: Organisms and continents through time: a symposium
Edited By: N. F. Hughes
Publication Date: 1973
Page(s): 291–304
Authored by: L. R. M. Cocks and W. S. McKerrow
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Article: An analysis of Devonian goniatite distributions

Publication: Special Papers in Palaeontology
Number: 12
Thematic Volume: Organisms and continents through time: a symposium
Edited By: N. F. Hughes
Publication Date: 1973
Page(s): 305–318
Authored by: Michael R. House
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Article: Devonian coral endemism in Eastern North America and its bearing on paleogeography

Publication: Special Papers in Palaeontology
Number: 12
Thematic Volume: Organisms and continents through time: a symposium
Edited By: N. F. Hughes
Publication Date: 1973
Page(s): 319–320
Authored by: William A. Oliver, Jr
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Article: The distribution of Lower Carboniferous goniatite faunas in relation to suggested continental reconstructions for the period

Publication: Special Papers in Palaeontology
Number: 12
Thematic Volume: Organisms and continents through time: a symposium
Edited By: N. F. Hughes
Publication Date: 1973
Page(s): 321–330
Authored by: Frank Hodson and W. H. C. Ramsbottom
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Article: Concluding remarks on symposium

Publication: Special Papers in Palaeontology
Number: 12
Thematic Volume: Organisms and continents through time: a symposium
Edited By: N. F. Hughes
Publication Date: 1973
Page(s): 331–334
Authored by: P. H. A. Sneath
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