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Taphonomy is the “science of the laws of burial” (Efremov 1940); it involves the transition of animal remains from the biosphere to the lithosphere. In this chapter we refer to various taphonomic attributes (e.g., fragmentation and abrasion, among others) by looking at examples in different environments and different taxa; and we explain the advances made in taphonomy by the working group.
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Gordillo, S., Bayer, M.S., Boretto, G., Charó, M. (2014). Taphonomy. In: Mollusk shells as bio-geo-archives. SpringerBriefs in Earth System Sciences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-03476-8_2
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