Soft‐bodied fossils are not simply rotten carcasses: Toward a holistic understanding of exceptional fossil preservation

Exceptionally preserved fossils are the product of complex interplays of biological and geological processes including burial, autolysis and microbial decay, authigenic mineralization, diagenesis, metamorphism, and finally weathering and exhumation. Determining which tissues are preserved and how bi...

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Main Authors: Parry, LA, Smithwick, F, Nordén, KK, Saitta, ET, Lozano-Fernandez, J, Tanner, AR, Caron, J-B, Edgecombe, GD, Briggs, DEG, Vinther, J
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2017