Taphonomy: New Branch of Paleontology part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This site contains an article by Ivan Efremov from a 1940 issue of the Pan-American Geologist. This article was the first to define the field of taphonomy, which is the study of the effects of burial ...

The Archaeology of Yellow Jacket Pueblo: Faunal Remains part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This report provides in depth descriptions of faunal preservation at Yellow Jacket Pueblo in southwestern Colorado. The remains are identified by animal group and described according to their ...

A Taphonomic Study of the Wealden Beds of southern Britain part of SERC Print Resource Collection
In this PhD thesis, Alex Burton examines the taphonomy of several sections of the lower Cretaceous Wealden beds of southern England for their preservational relationships. The dissertation divides ...

Experimental Investigation of the Processes of Fossilization part of SERC Print Resource Collection
This Journal of Geoscience Education article describes a laboratory experiment that demonstrates the relative rates of decay and disarticulation of hard-parts, nonmineralized skeletal parts, and ...