Taphonomy: The Study of Preservation
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Description: Provides an explanation of what preservation means in relation to paleontology and the deductions that can be made from examining fossils.
Taphonomy: The Study of Preservation , Montana State University Geoscience Education Web Development Team "The fossil skeletons that we found were not articulated, which means that the bones had come apart at some point before the fossilization process began. Otherwise, we would have found neatly arranged skeletons instead of jumbles of bones. Furthermore, there were no marks or breaks showing that the bones had been cracked or chewed by predators prior to fossilization. These bits of evidence led me to think that after their deaths the babies must have lain rotting in the nest, slowly being denuded of flesh, and then, in the second stage of decay, their skeletons must have come apart as the connecting tendons and ligaments disintegrated."
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| Description: | This page was written by Ewan Wolff, Montana State University Geoscience Education Web Development Team Dispersed bones from a hawk aerie in Idaho. Details What does preservation mean? Preservation is a very broad ... |
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