Vertebrate Fossil Permineralization in a Sequence Stratigraphic Context: Capsules of Early Diagenesis From Shallow-Marine Siliciclastics (Eocene, Egypt)
RACHEL M. LAKER
Abstract:Understanding the drivers of vertebrate fossil preservation is important for paleontologists who rely on well-preserved fossils to study the biological or ecological context of the fauna they represent. Differences in preservation limit the ability to compare biological or ecological change across time. Bones, however, can contain clues of their preservational history: natural voids in skeletal remains are potential sites of mineral precipitation during early and late diagenesis, and the reactive bioapatite pr… Show more
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