taphonomy

ta·phon·o·my

T0043350 (tə-fŏn′ə-mē)n.1. The study of the events and processes, such as burial in sediment, transportation, and decomposition, that affect the remains of an organism after it dies.2. These events and processes, especially those leading up to preservation or fossilization.

[Greek taphē, grave + -nomy.]

taph′o·nom′ic (tăf′ə-nŏm′ĭk) adj.ta·phon′o·mist n.

taphonomy

(təˈfɒnəmɪ) n (Palaeontology) the study of the processes affecting an organism after death that result in its fossilization[C20: from Greek taphos grave + -nomy] taphonomic, ˌtaphoˈnomical adj

ta•phon•o•my

(təˈfɒn ə mi)

n. 1. the circumstances and processes of fossilization. 2. the study of the environmental conditions affecting fossilization. [1965–70; < Greek táph(ē) grave + -o- + -nomy] taph•o•nom•ic (ˌtæf əˈnɒm ɪk) adj. ta•phon′o•mist, n.

Taphonomy

enUK

taphonomy

[tə′fän·ə·mē] (paleontology) The study of fossil preservation, including all events during the transition of organisms from the biosphere to the lithosphere.

Taphonomy

a branch of paleontology that deals with all processes in the formation of sites of fossil remains of organisms, including thanatocoenosis (the localized accumulation of remains of dead organisms), the movement of dead matter, taphocenosis, and petrifaction (also fossilization), which leads to the formation of oryctocenoses (the totality of petrified remains at a given site).

Taphonomy is significant in reconstructing paleobiocenoses and, from them, biocenoses, as well as the conditions under which the organisms lived and the processes of sediment accumulation in regions where fossil animals and plants are found. Data provided by taphonomy are important in understanding the reasons for the incomplete nature of geological records. The principles of taphonomy were developed between 1940 and 1957 by I. A. Efremov.

REFERENCE

Efremov, I. A. Tafonomiia i geologicheskaia letopis’, book 1. Moscow-Leningrad, 1950. (Tr. Paleontologicheskogo instituta AN SSSR, vol. 24.)

单词	taphonomy
释义	taphonomy enUK ta·phon·o·my T0043350 (tə-fŏn′ə-mē)n.1. The study of the events and processes, such as burial in sediment, transportation, and decomposition, that affect the remains of an organism after it dies.2. These events and processes, especially those leading up to preservation or fossilization. [Greek taphē, grave + -nomy.] taph′o·nom′ic (tăf′ə-nŏm′ĭk) adj.ta·phon′o·mist n. taphonomy (təˈfɒnəmɪ) n (Palaeontology) the study of the processes affecting an organism after death that result in its fossilization[C20: from Greek taphos grave + -nomy] taphonomic, ˌtaphoˈnomical adj ta•phon•o•my (təˈfɒn ə mi) n. 1. the circumstances and processes of fossilization. 2. the study of the environmental conditions affecting fossilization. [1965–70; < Greek táph(ē) grave + -o- + -nomy] taph•o•nom•ic (ˌtæf əˈnɒm ɪk) adj. ta•phon′o•mist, n. Taphonomy enUK taphonomy [tə′fän·ə·mē] (paleontology) The study of fossil preservation, including all events during the transition of organisms from the biosphere to the lithosphere. Taphonomy a branch of paleontology that deals with all processes in the formation of sites of fossil remains of organisms, including thanatocoenosis (the localized accumulation of remains of dead organisms), the movement of dead matter, taphocenosis, and petrifaction (also fossilization), which leads to the formation of oryctocenoses (the totality of petrified remains at a given site). Taphonomy is significant in reconstructing paleobiocenoses and, from them, biocenoses, as well as the conditions under which the organisms lived and the processes of sediment accumulation in regions where fossil animals and plants are found. Data provided by taphonomy are important in understanding the reasons for the incomplete nature of geological records. The principles of taphonomy were developed between 1940 and 1957 by I. A. Efremov. REFERENCE Efremov, I. A. Tafonomiia i geologicheskaia letopis’, book 1. Moscow-Leningrad, 1950. (Tr. Paleontologicheskogo instituta AN SSSR, vol. 24.)
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