Taphonomy/Paleoecology GEOS 417

Lecture Notes

Topics

What is Taphonomy? - fossil preservation (Diagenesis)

What is Taphonomy? - Biostratinomy

What is Taphonomy? (diagram)

Rules of Taphonomy

Taphonomic Models

Ways to die

Vertebrate Biostratinomy

Butchery and other biostratinomic features

Soils and Vertebrate Diagenesis

Plant Biostratinomy

Time Averaging

Paleoecology

Stratigraphy and Paleoecology