Friday, November 21, 2008

The occasional taphonomic effect

Things with lots of hard parts tend to be preserved in the fossil record. (At least the hard parts do )
So:
Clams and snails and such


no problem
jelly fish



not so much. (took me forever to find a decent picture of one)
dinosaurs and other large terrestrial vertebrates



ok but not great. See the previous post about life position as well.

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