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A short Lower Pleistocene section, cropping out in SE Sicily, is studied. The sequence mainly consists of richly fossiliferous sandy layers with Arctica islandica , deposited in mid-shelf environments. Molluscs, bryozoans, serpuloideans and calcareous algae are investigated, to identify species with palaeoclimatological implications. Apart from some well-known North Atlantic molluscs, other species are identified as palaeoclimatological tools. Cooling evidence is provided by such palaeoclimatological indicators and by the increasing shell size in some species.
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Geronimo et al. (2000) studied this question.
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