Life History of a Fossil: An Introduction to Taphonomy and Paleoecology (Revised)

Title: Life History of a Fossil: An Introduction to Taphonomy and Paleoecology (Revised)
Author: Pat Shipman
I9781720167662: 1708837
ISBN: 9780674530867
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 1993
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Number of Pages: 232
Section: Nature | Fossils
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Publisher Description: Pat Shipman sets forth the taphonomic methods of analyzing how animal remains are acted upon and altered, both by biological and by geographic phenomena, in their passage from the biosphere of bones and carcass into the lithosphere of fossils. She explains the role of disease, predation, accidents, postmortem destruction, and transport in the life history of a fossil, and provides an introduction to the relevant geological concepts and to faunal analysis.