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Life history of a fossil - An introduction to taphonomy and paleoecology

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Author(s): Pat Shipman
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Year: 1981

Language: English
Pages: 240
Tags: Paleoecology, Paleontology, Vertebrates, Fossil

1 Introduction
2 Why Do Bones and Teeth Become Fossils? 17
3 Geologic Setting and Sedimentary Environments 45
4 Spatial Distribution of Fossils in Sediments 65
5 Tracing the Taphonomic History of an Assemblage 99
6 Faunal Analysis 123
7 Postdeposition and Postfossilization Distortion 171
8 Some Unanswered Questions 191
Glossary 199
References 207
Index 219