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Nan Crystal Arens, C. Strömberg and A. Thompson, Department of Integrative Biology, and Paleobotany Section, Museum of Paleontology (UCMP), University of California at Berkeley: Virtual Paleobotany, Lab. III, Conditions Required for Plant Fossil Preservation.
Anna K. Behrensmeyer (1992; Google books): Terrestrial ecosystems through time. Read "Taphonomy", page 4.
Anna K. Behrensmeyer, Susan M. Kidwell and Robert A. Gastaldo (2000): Taphonomy and Paleobiology. Abstract, Paleobiology, Vol. 26, No. 4, pp. 103-147.
J.B. Bennington et al. (2009): Critical issues of scale in paleoecology. PDF file, Palaios, 24: 1-4.
Suzanne Bowie, The palaeofiles, Dept. of Earth Sciences University of Bristol: Experimental taphonomy.
Derek Briggs, University of Bristol: The role of biofilms in the fossilization of non-biomineralized tissues (now via wayback archive).
! Derek Briggs and Peter Crowther (eds.), Earth Pages, Blackwell Publishing: Paleobiology: A Synthesis (PDF files). Series of concise articles from over 150 leading authorities from around the world. Navigate from the content file. Excellent! Go to: Taphonomy.
Produced by MSc Palaeobiology Students, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol: Fossil Lagerstätten. A catalogue of sites of exceptional fossil preservation.
Chris (?), Peripatus Home Page, New Zealand: Paleontology Page, What are lagerstätten?
Richard Cowen, Department of Geology, University of California, Davis, CA: History of Life, Fourth Edition. Go to: Preservation and Bias in the Fossil Record.
C. Christian Emig, Marseille:
Taphonomy.
The transition of organisms from the biosphere to
the lithosphere. Go to:
Death,
Process,
Fossilization.
See also here
(PDF file, in French).
Neal L. Evenhuis, Department of Natural Sciences, Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii: Fossil Diptera Catalog, TAPHONOMY.
! Robert A. Gastaldo, Department of Geology, Colby College, Waterville, Maine: A Brief Introduction to Taphonomy. See also: Plant Taphonomy.
! R.E. Martin (1999): Taphonomy: A Process Approach (provided by Google Books). Cambridge Paleobiology Series, Cambridge University Press.
Space Studies Board, National Research Council, Washington, DC: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine. Size Limits of Very Small Microorganisms. Proceedings of a workshop, debating the question of minimal microbial size. Go to: J. William Schopf, Fossils and Pseudofossils: Lessons from the Hunt for Early Life on Earth, or Jack Farmer, Taphonomic Modes in Microbial Fossilization.
Jessica Spratt, The Hooper Virtual Natural History Museum, Department of Earth Sciences, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario: Vertebrate Taphonomy.
S. Aaron Spriggs, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO: Taphonomy: Death Is A Sure Bet, Fossilization Is A Long Shot.
! Roger M. Wells Jr., College at Cortland, State University of New York: Invertebrate Paleontology Tutorial, Taphonomy & Preservation.
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
Taphonomy.
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