| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations |
| Contents |
Foreword; Translator's Note; Publisher's Note; Preface; Introduction; Chapter 1: Death and Its Aftermath; Chapter 2: Modes of Death; Chapter 3: Laws Governing Positions of Recent And Fossil Vertebrate Carcasses; Chapter 4: The Carcass Assemblage at Smithers Lake and Its Origin; Chapter 5: Carcass Assemblages and Concentrations in the Geologic Past; Conclusion; Figures and Plates following page 168; References; Index |
| Summary |
The first English translation of Johannes Weigelt's 1927 classic makes available the seminal work in taphonomy, the study of how organisms die, decay, become entombed in sediments, and fossilize over time. Weigelt emphasized the importance of empirical work and made extensive observations of modern carcasses on the Texas Gulf Coast. He applied the results to evidence from the fossil record and demonstrated that an understanding of the postmortem fate of modern animals is crucial to making sound inferences about fossil vertebrate assemblages and their ecological communities. <BR |
| Analysis |
carcass, bones, paleontology, paleobiology, vertebrate, invertebrate, english, translation, 1920s, 20th century, contemporary, modern, taphonomy, organisms, sediment, fossils, observation, paleoecology, smithers lake, texas, regional, animals, preservation, death, decomposition, southern, united states, usa, america, american, drowning, dehydration, fire, mud, quicksand, oil slick, cause |
| Notes |
Translation of: Rezente Wirbeltierleichen und ihre paläobiologische Bedeutung |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
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English |
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Print version record |
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Vertebrates, Fossil.
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Paleoecology.
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Vertebrates, Fossil -- Texas -- Smithers Lake
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Paleoecology -- Texas -- Smithers Lake
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NATURE -- Fossils.
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Paleoecology
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Vertebrates, Fossil
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Paleontologia.
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Paleoecologia.
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Vertébrés -- Fossiles.
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Paléoécologie.
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Vertébrés -- Fossiles -- Texas (États-Unis) -- Smithers, lac.
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Paléoécologie -- Texas (États-Unis) -- Smithers, lac.
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Texas -- Smithers Lake
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Electronic book
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| LC no. |
89004698 |
| ISBN |
9780226881683 |
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0226881687 |
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1299104711 |
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9781299104716 |
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