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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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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Wiley
2017
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