Taphonomy of Some Articulated Skeletal Remains: Transport Potential in an Artificial Environment

Coard, R.; Dennell, Robin

doi:10.1006/jasc.1995.0043

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“…Schick (1984Schick ( , 1986 considered the effect of fluvial processes on complete and fragmented bone relative to stone tools, but her focus was on lithic artifacts and the hydraulic disturbance of Stone Age assemblages in natural settings, rather than differential transport among bone fragments. More recently, Coard and Dennell (1995) demonstrated that articulated bones are more easily transported than disarticulated bones in a flume, while Coard (1999) found that dry bones have greater transport potential than bones saturated with water before entering the flume.…”

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“…Prior studies investigating the hydraulic transport of bone have focused on complete disarticulated and articulated skeletal elements and have not systematically addressed the differential transport potential of long bone fragments (Behrensmeyer, 1975(Behrensmeyer, , 1982(Behrensmeyer, , 1988Coard, 1999;Coard and Dennell, 1995;Dodson, 1973;Korth, 1979;Schick, 1984Schick, , 1986Voorhies, 1969;Wolff, 1973). Voorhies (1969) pioneered these studies by observing the transport of whole, disarticulated sheep and coyote bones in a flume.…”

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Fluvial transport of bovid long bones fragmented by the feeding activities of hominins and carnivores

Pante

Blumenschine

2010

Journal of Archaeological Science

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Fluvial transport of bovid long bones fragmented by the feeding activities of hominins and carnivores

Pante

Blumenschine

2010

Journal of Archaeological Science

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“…Behrensmeyer, 1975;Coard & Dennell, 1995;Fernandez-Jalvo & Andrews, 2003;Kaufmann et al, 2011) e cada situação tem que ser avaliada separadamente, porque os fatores que podem intervir são diversos. Contudo, mesmo se o número total dos fósseis deste animal é limitado, as maneiras mais simples para explicar uma conjuntura como aquela do Indivíduo 1 da Lagoa Uri de Cima (presença de elementos de quase todas as partes do corpo-crânio, vértebras de todas as regiões da coluna, membros anteriores e posteriores de cada lado, carpo e tarso-ossos com pouca ou sem marcas de abrasão) são duas: (i) morte do animal in situ (ou em área muito próxima); (ii) transporte da carcaça inteira ainda recoberta por tecidos moles, sobre uma distância compatível com a força (não conhecida) da corrente.…”

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Observações sobre a repartição espacial dos restos fósseis de preguiça-gigante (gênero Eremotherium) na Lagoa Uri de Cima, Pernambuco, Brasil

Valli¹,

Mützenberg²

2017

Rev. bras. paleontol.

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-REMARKS ON THE SPATIAL ARRANGEMENT OF GIANT SLOTH FOSSIL REMAINS (GENUS EREMOTHERIUM)AT LAGOA URI DE CIMA, PERNAMBUCO, BRAZIL. The results of the study on spatial arrangement, the analysis of marks and the preservation conditions of the giant ground sloth (Eremotherium) remains found in the Lagoa Uri de Cima (Salgueiro, Pernambuco, Brazil), a temporary shallow lake, are presented here. The skeletal elements of the same individual, an adult, found in a restricted area (about 8 m in diameter) and its taphonomic patterns suggest that the animal arrived in the shallow lake as a carcass, and its bones were subsequently spread apart and broken mainly by trampling by other large animals. This taphonomic model also applies to some other Eremotherium individuals found into the "lagoa", but not to all. That means that the sequence of processes affecting the formation of this kind of fossil deposit is generally relatively complex.Key words: taphonomy, weathering, Megatheriidae, Brazil, Northeast region.RESUMO -São aqui apresentados os resultados de um estudo sobre a disposição espacial, análises das marcas e condições de preservação dos restos de preguiça-gigante (Eremotherium) descobertos na Lagoa Uri de Cima (Salgueiro, PE, Brasil). Os elementos esqueléticos de um mesmo indivíduo, um adulto, encontrados em uma área restrita (de cerca 8 m de diâmetro) e seu padrão tafonômico indica que o animal chegou à lagoa no estado de carcaça e seus ossos foram espalhados e danificados subsequentemente, sobretudo pelo pisoteamento de outros animais de grande porte quem transitaram no lugar. Esse modelo tafonômico pode também aplicar-se a alguns outros indivíduos de Eremotherium dessa lagoa, mas não a todos. Isso significa que a série de processos envolvidos na formação de um depósito fossilífero de lagoa é, em geral, relativamente complexa.Palavras-chave: tafonomia, intemperismo, Megatheriidae, Brasil, região Nordeste.

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“…The variations in relative frequency of Voorhies Groups among fossil assemblages reflect different processes operating in the depositional environment of each assemblage, e.g., current velocity and bottom conditions, but also preburial processes affecting element availability. Furthermore, the presence of different states of preservation, the anatomical connection of bones, and the presence of juvenile individuals may also influence transport potential of various elements (Coard and Dennell, 1995;Coard, 1999;Kaufmann et al, 2010).…”

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Taphonomic Analysis of the Lower Pleistocene Pirro Nord Fossil Locality (Pirro 10 Site, Puglia, Southern Italy): A Depositional Model for Vertebrate Assemblages in a Karstic Environment

Zunino¹,

Pavia²,

Fernández-López³

et al. 2012

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Taphonomic analyses have been conducted on the macromammal remains found in Sedimentary Unit 7 of the lower Pleistocene Pirro 10 site of the Pirro Nord locality in Italy. Recent field research has concentrated on investigating the fossil content of this site and the genesis of the karst network and its related deposits. In the present study, we distinguish between preburial and synsedimentary (during burial) processes in order to group the vertebrate remains into different taphonomic categories according to their various states of preservation, thus introducing the concept of taphorecord-borrowed from invertebrate taphonomy-into macrovertebrate taphonomy for the first time. Element quantification, evaluation of transport effects, and state of preservation of the skeletal elements were studied and all elements separated into four taphorecords according to their relative chronology. The use of taphorecords also improves the accuracy of the data obtained from the various methods of element quantification. The analysis of bone sorting and orientation indicates that the fossiliferous deposits originated by water flows carrying both fossils and sediments, alternating with phases of carcass accumulation and reelaboration of bones from previously deposited layers. The study presented here serves as a proof of concept for the use of taphorecords in analyses of fossiliferous deposits in caves. INTRODUCTION AND GEOLOGIC SETTING

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Taphonomy of Some Articulated Skeletal Remains: Transport Potential in an Artificial Environment

Cited by 69 publications

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Fluvial transport of bovid long bones fragmented by the feeding activities of hominins and carnivores

Fluvial transport of bovid long bones fragmented by the feeding activities of hominins and carnivores

Observações sobre a repartição espacial dos restos fósseis de preguiça-gigante (gênero Eremotherium) na Lagoa Uri de Cima, Pernambuco, Brasil

Taphonomic Analysis of the Lower Pleistocene Pirro Nord Fossil Locality (Pirro 10 Site, Puglia, Southern Italy): A Depositional Model for Vertebrate Assemblages in a Karstic Environment

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