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Definition of Taphonomy
1. Noun. The study of the fate of the remains of organisms after they die, especially the study of fossilization. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Taphonomy
1. [n -MIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Taphonomy
Literary usage of Taphonomy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Late Triassic Footprint Fauna from the Culpeper Basin, Northern Virginia (U by Robert Weems (2007)
"Currie, PJ, and Sargeant, WAS, 1979, Lower Cretaceous dinosaur footprints from
the Dodson, Peter, 1971, Sedimentology and taphonomy of the Oldman Formation ..."
2. Murchison in Moray: A Geologist on Home Ground : With the Correspondence of by Michael Collie, Roderick Impey Murchison, John Diemer, George Gordon (1995)
"Of great interest is Benton and Walker's 1985 article "Palaeoecol- ogy, taphonomy,
and Dating of Permo-Triassic Reptiles from Elgin, North-East Scotland. ..."
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