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Atlas of Taphonomic Identifications - 1001+ Images of Fossil and Recent Mammal Bone Modification (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)
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Atlas of Taphonomic Identifications - 1001+ Images of Fossil and Recent Mammal Bone Modification (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)
Series: Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology
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The aim of the atlas is to provide images of taphonomic
modifications, making it as comprehensive as possible with evidence
presently available. This volume is intended both as a field guide
for identifying taphonomic modifications in the field, and for use
in the laboratory when collections of fossils are being analyzed.
Images in the book are a combination of scanning electron
micrographs, regular photographs, cross-sections of bones and line
drawings and graphs. By providing good quality illustrations of
taphonomic modifications, with links between similar types of
modification, the atlas provides a reference source for identifying
the agents responsible for the modifications, the processes by
which they were formed, and the potential bias introduced by the
processes. The authors also aim to emphasize on the directions they
consider taphonomic studies should be headed. Firstly, we should
seek to quantify the degree of bias introduced into a fossil fauna
and to take account of this bias before interpreting the
palaeoecology of the fossil site. Secondly, we should recognize
that taphonomic modifications increase the information encoded in
fossils by identifying perimortem and postmortem contexts. This
provides a more dynamic and realistic view of the past.
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