RT Journal Article
T1 Taphonomic alteration and evolutionary taphonomy
A1 Fernández López, Sixto Rafael
AB Every process of taphonomic alteration implies change and modification of the affected taphonomic elements, but it does not necessarily lead to the destruction of taphonomic elements. Taphonomic alteration can be of four types: elementary, populational, taphonic and taphocladal. In order to interpret the differential preservation of fossils and fossilization mechanisms it is necessary to take in mind not only the original architecture of taphonomic elements and the environmental changes, but also the successive changes in architecture of taphonomic elements and the activities carried out by taphonomic elements, as well as the evolutionary modifications of taphons and taphoclades. This systemic and evolutionist procedure allows to explain how the representatives of some taphons or taphoclades have been able to end up being preserved outside of the limits of tolerance of the originally produced taphonomic elements.
PB Palaeontological Network Foundation.
SN 1696-0815
YR 2006
FD 2006
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/50866
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/50866
LA eng
DS Docta Complutense
RD 21 abr 2025