Taphonomy

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Taphonomy

• Trey Kieckhefer

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What Is Taphonomy?

• The study of the processes that affect animal and
  plant remains as the become fossilized
• Post-mordem transport
• De
• Burial
• Decay
• Preservation

http//www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/taphonom
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http//paleo.cortland.edu/tutorial/TaphonomyPres/
taphonomy.htm
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Uses and Implications

• Better understanding of paleo-environments
• Life-History traits
• Biases

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Examples

• Taphonomic Feature
• Articulation
• Abrasion

Implacations -Articulated fossils indicate rapid
burial -Indication of energy levels in the
environment
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• Taphonomy is not a separate science. It stands
  on the border of paleontology, uniting it both
  with geology and Biology into one general
  geo-biological historical method of study.
• -Ivan Efremov