Taphonomy is the study of how organisms decay and become fossilized or preserved in the paleontological record. The term taphonomy (from Greek táphos,...
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legal aspects. The term taphonomy from palaeontology applies to the fate of all kinds of remains of organisms. Forensic taphonomy is concerned with remains...
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Egg taphonomy is the study of the decomposition and fossilization of eggs. The processes of egg taphonomy begin when the egg either hatches or dies. Eggshell...
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The Hunters or the Hunted? (redirect from The Hunters or the Hunted?: An Introduction to African Cave Taphonomy)
Hunted? An Introduction to African Cave Taphonomy is a 1981 book by Charles Kimberlin Brain regarding the taphonomy of cave deposits in Africa. The book...
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Forensic anthropology (redirect from Forensic taphonomy)
and its various subfields, including forensic archaeology and forensic taphonomy, in a legal setting. A forensic anthropologist can assist in the identification...
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Calcium carbonate (section Role in taphonomy)
Calcium carbonate is a chemical compound with the chemical formula CaCO3. It is a common substance found in rocks as the minerals calcite and aragonite...
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insects Sohn, JC., Labandeira, C.C. & Davis, D.R. The fossil record and taphonomy of butterflies and moths (Insecta, Lepidoptera): implications for evolutionary...
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La Huérguina Formation (section Taphonomy)
The La Huérguina Formation (also known as the Calizas de La Huérguina Formation, La Huérguina Limestone Formation or as the Una Formation) is a geological...
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Josephoartigasia (section Age and taphonomy)
Josephoartigasia is an extinct genus of enormous dinomyid rodent from the Early Pliocene to Early Pleistocene of Uruguay. The only living member of Dinomyidae...
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Shenzhousaurus Dinosaurs portal Shenzhousaurus - fossil found in death pose Taphonomy "Dinosaurs | American Museum of Natural History". Archived from the original...
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