Directory of Taphonomy Resources

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Taphonomy is the study of the post-mortem history of organic remains. Taphonomic processes can be constructive (as in those processes that lead to fossilization), or more commonly destructive. Understanding taphonomy is essential to the proper interpretation of fossil deposits.

Subcategories

• Vertebrate

Resources in This Category

• Journal of Taphonomy

  http://www.journaltaphonomy.com/
  The aim of the Journal of Taphonomy is to facilitate the academic spread of information that is basic to the interpretation of past systems of biotic interaction. Provides submission and subscription information.

• Plant Fossils and Their Preservation

  http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/IB181/VPL/Pres/PresTitle.html
  Includes a section of conditions required for plant fossil preservation, the various levels of preservation, and types of fossils.

• Taphonomy

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taphonomy
  Information from Wikipedia on the study of decaying organisms over long periods of time. This process involves the transition of organisms from the biosphere to the lithosphere as they become fossilized.

• Taphonomy

  http://personal.colby.edu/~ragastal/Taphonomy.htm
  A brief introduction from Deciphering Earth History: A Laboratory Manual.

• Taphonomy and Preservation

  http://paleo.cortland.edu/tutorial/Taphonomy%26Pres/taphonomy.htm
  Comprehensive tutorial on taphonomy and preservation from the State University of New York at Cortland.

• Taphonomy of the Rhynie Chert

  http://www.abdn.ac.uk/rhynie/tapho.htm
  University of Aberdeen presentation of the preservation of biota in Rhynie chert.

• Taphonomy: Insight into Stratigraphy, Sedimentology, and Evolution

  http://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2002NE/finalprogram/session_2068.htm
  Abstracts of taphonomy papers presented at the 2002 meeting of the Geological Society of America.

• Taphonomy: The Study of Preservation

  http://serc.carleton.edu/research_education/paleontology/taphonomy.html
  Provides an explanation of what preservation means in relation to paleontology and the deductions that can be made from examining fossils.

• Taphos 2002

  http://paleopolis.rediris.es/paleontologia/Taphos2002/
  Program of the 2002 International Conference on Taphonomy and Fossilization.

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