Taphonomy

//tæˈfɒnəmi//

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Catalan

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  • tafonomia noun (the study of the fate of the remains of organisms after death)

Chinese Mandarin

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  • 化石形成學 /化石形成学 noun (the study of the fate of the remains of organisms after death)
  • 埋藏學 /埋藏学 noun (the study of the fate of the remains of organisms after death)

Finnish

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  • tafonomia noun (the study of the fate of the remains of organisms after death)

French

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  • taphonomie noun (the study of the fate of the remains of organisms after death)

German

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  • Taphonomie noun (the study of the fate of the remains of organisms after death)

Italian

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  • tafonomia noun (the study of the fate of the remains of organisms after death)

Kazakh

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  • тафономия noun (the study of the fate of the remains of organisms after death)

Russian

1 entries
  • тафоно́мия noun (the study of the fate of the remains of organisms after death)

Serbo-Croatian

1 entries
  • tafonomija noun (the study of the fate of the remains of organisms after death)

Spanish

1 entries
  • tafonomía noun (the study of the fate of the remains of organisms after death)

Swedish

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  • tafonomi noun (the study of the fate of the remains of organisms after death)

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These characteristics are also applicable in forensic taphonomy. In contrast to our approach here, Buikstra and Ubelaker place "premortem and perimortem fractures, wounds, and abrasions" (p. 106) in the chapter on paleopathology, thus separating perimortem trauma from taphonomy.

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Whilst there is some credit in distinguishing between taphonomies for thick-shelled forms and thin-shelled forms in shallower facies, these forms occur in both phacopids and homalonotids.

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Some cases may have an innocent explanation based in taphonomy, the processes by which bodies are preserved over long spans of time.

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