Name: Life History of a Fossil: An Introduction to Taphonomy and Paleoecology
Author: Shipman, Pat
ISBN: 9780674530867

by Shipman, Pat

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

by Shipman, Pat

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ISBN-13: 9780674530867
ISBN: 0674530861
Publisher: Harvard University Press

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Shipman, Pat

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Sets forth the taphonomic methods of analyzing how animal remains are acted upon and altered, by both biological and geographical phenomena, in their passage from the biosphere of bones and carcass into the lithosphere of fossils. It explains the role of disease, predation, accidents. postmortem destruction, and transport in the life history of a fossil.Shipman, Pat is the author of 'Life History of a Fossil: An Introduction to Taphonomy and Paleoecology' with ISBN 9780674530867 and ISBN 0674530861.

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