Biology Category
The processes of fossilization and how organisms transition from the biosphere into the fossil record.
Welcome to the Taphonomy category of this site. Here you will find clear, detailed articles covering key topics related to Taphonomy.
A detailed guide to amber entombment and resin chemistry. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to archaeological bone preservation and burial context. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to authigenic cementation preserving soft tissues. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to biostratinomy and the postmortem journey. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to bone weathering stages and subaerial exposure. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to burial diagenesis and compaction effects. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to burrow fossilization and bioturbation record. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to carbonization of plant tissues in rock. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to carnivore ravaging of skeletal assemblages. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to concretions and internal fossil molds. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to condensed sections and fossil accumulations. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to coprolite structure and inclusions study. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to decomposition stages and time since death. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to disarticulation and skeleton scattering patterns. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to dissolution bias in shell preservation. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to external molds and natural casts. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to footprint preservation and trackway analysis. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to forensic entomology and postmortem interval. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to forensic taphonomy and body decomposition. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to fossilization process from death to diagenesis. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to freeze preservation and permafrost corpses. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to gastroliths and stomach stones in dinosaurs. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to hydraulic transport and fossil concentration. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to hydrologic sorting in river deposits. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to ichnofacies and depositional environment analysis. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to lagerstatten deposits and exceptional preservation. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to marine regression and preservation patterns. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to modes of fossil preservation explained. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to natural mummification and cave desiccation. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to necrolysis soft tissue decay dynamics. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to organic matter maturation in fossils. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to paleoecology and fossil assemblage fidelity. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to paleosol carbonate nodules and root casts. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to permineralization and petrifaction processes. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to phosphate mineralization and bone replacement. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to pyrite mineralization of fossil specimens. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to recrystallization and shell mineral alteration. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to regurgitaliths and fossil pellet accumulations. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to reworked fossils and stratigraphic mixing. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to scavenger marks on fossil bone. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to sediment grain size and preservation quality. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to sequence stratigraphy and fossil concentration. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to shell bed genesis and accumulation processes. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to silicification of wood and invertebrates. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to size sorting in fossil assemblages. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to storm deposits and sudden burial events. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to tidal flat preservation of invertebrate faunas. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to time averaging in fossil assemblages. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to tooth marks and predation evidence. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
A detailed guide to volcanic ash burial preserving fossil faunas. Covers key mechanisms, biological significance, and clinical relevance.
