Taphonomy in palaeoecological interpretations |
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| Authors: | Y Fernández-Jalvo L Scott P Andrews |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Paleobiology, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (CSIC), José Gutiérrez Abascal 2, 28006 Madrid, Spain;2. Department of Plant Sciences, University of the Free State, Nelson Mandela Avenue, PO Box 339, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa;3. Department of Palaeontology, The Natural History Museum. Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK;1. LABANOF, Laboratorio di Antropologia ed Odontologia Forense, Sezione di Medicina Legale, Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche per la Salute, V. Mangiagalli 37, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy;2. Unité Mixte de Recherche 5199, De la Préhistoire à l’Actuel: Culture, Environnement et Anthropologie (PACEA), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université de Bordeaux, Pessac, France;3. Sezione di Tossicologia Forense, Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche, Chirurgiche e Odontoiatriche, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Luigi Mangiagalli 37, Milano, Italy;4. Dipartimento di Chimica, Viale Taramelli 12, Università di Pavia, Italy;1. Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, 720 Albany Street, Boston, MA 02118, United States;2. Boston University School of Medicine, 72 E. Concord Street, L1004, Boston, MA 02118, United States;1. University of Oregon, Dept. of Anthropology and Museum of Natural and Cultural History, USA;2. Southern Methodist University, Dept. of Anthropology, USA;1. Eötvös Loránd University, Department of Paleontology, Pázmány Péter sétány 1/C, H-1117 Budapest, Hungary;2. MTA-MTM-ELTE Research Group for Paleontology, Pázmány Péter sétány 1/C, H-1117 Budapest, Hungary;3. Hungarian Natural History Museum, Department of Paleontology and Geology, Baross utca 13., H-1088 Budapest, Hungary;4. Geological and Geophysical Institute of Hungary, Stefánia út 14., H-1143 Budapest, Hungary;5. Hungarian Natural History Museum, Department of Botany, Baross utca 13., H-1088 Budapest, Hungary;6. Eötvös Loránd University, Department of Mineralogy, Pázmány Péter sétány 1/C, H-1117 Budapest, Hungary;7. Kaposvár Universtiy, Institute of Diagnostic Imaging and Radiation Oncology, Guba Sándor utca 40., H-7400 Kaposvár, Hungary;8. University of Pécs Medical School, Department of Radiology, Ifjúság út 13., H-7624 Pécs, Hungary;1. Higher Polytechnical School of Ávila, Department of Cartographic and Terrain Engineering, University of Salamanca, C/ Hornos Caleros 50, 05003, Avila, Spain;2. St. Hugh''s College, University of Oxford, St. Margaret''s Road, OX2 6LE, Oxford, UK;3. Dep. of Prehistory, Complutense University C/ Profesor Aranguren sn, 28040, Madrid, Spain;1. Department of Anthropology, 4000 Central Florida Blvd., University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32816, United States;2. National Center for Forensic Science, 12354 Research Pkwy., University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32826, United States |
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| Abstract: | The taphonomic history of single fossils or of fossil assemblages provides evidence additional to that given by taxonomic identification. Too often taphonomy is viewed as destructive processes biasing evidence of past life or restricting taxonomic diversity in the reconstruction of palaeoecology, but in reality it sheds light on circumstances of life and preservation of fossil organisms. Because recorded modifications of fossils are due to biotic or abiotic agents that may not be evident in a studied sequence, taphonomic modifications should be seen as providing a more dynamic view of the past rather than as destructive processes. |
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