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Taphonomy
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Study of decomposition and fossilization of organisms
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Taphonomy is the study of how organisms decay and become fossilized or preserved in the paleontological record. The term taphonomy (from Greek táphos, τάφος 'burial' and nomos, νόμος 'law') was introduced to paleontology in 1940 by Soviet scientist Ivan Efremov to describe the study of the transition of remains, parts, or products of organisms...

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Academic discipline
Subclass of
Paleontology
Archaeology
Part of
Paleontology
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