Changes

For example, many plants of the tropical rain forest have drip points on their leaves to facilitate rainwater drainage; similar features on fossil leaves can be taken to suggest a similar paleoenvironment.

For example, many plants of the tropical rain forest have drip points on their leaves to facilitate rainwater drainage; similar features on fossil leaves can be taken to suggest a similar paleoenvironment.

This approach can be used even when the significance of the adaptive form is unclear; Wolfe<ref name=ch17r96>Wolfe, J. A., 1979, Temperature parameters of humid to mesic forests of eastern Asia and relation to forests of other regions of the northern hemisphere and Australia: U., S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1106-K, 37 p.</ref> for example, suggests that quantification of angiosperm leaf characteristics (i.e., the percentage of entire-margined leaves) helps us determine Tertiary temperatures to within [[temperature::1&deg;C]].

This approach can be used even when the significance of the adaptive form is unclear; Wolfe<ref name=ch17r96>Wolfe, J. A., 1979, Temperature parameters of humid to mesic forests of eastern Asia and relation to forests of other regions of the northern hemisphere and Australia: U., S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1106-K, 37 p.</ref> for example, suggests that quantification of angiosperm leaf characteristics (i.e., the percentage of entire-margined leaves) helps us determine [[Tertiary]] temperatures to within [[temperature::1&deg;C]].

==Isotopic paleo-temperature==

==Isotopic paleo-temperature==