Web Directory

» Death is a Sure Bet, Fossilization is a Long Shot
   Paper on plant and invertebrate taphonomy by Aaron Spriggs.
   http://www.colostate.edu/Depts/Entomology/courses/en570/papers_1998/spriggs.htm

» International Plant Taphonomy Meeting
   Informal workshops focusing on recent developments in the science of plant taphonomy. Meeting information and abstracts.
   http://www.mineralogie.uni-wuerzburg.de/tapho/tapho1.html

» Journal of Taphonomy
   The aim of the Journal of Taphonomy is to facilitate the academic spread of information that is basic to the interpretation of past systems of biotic interaction. Provides submission and subscription information.
   http://www.journaltaphonomy.com

» Plant Fossils and Their Preservation
   Includes a section of conditions required for plant fossil preservation, the various levels of preservation, and types of fossils.
   http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/IB181/VPL/Pres/PresTitle.html

» Shelf and Slope Experimental Taphonomy Initiative
   SSETI is an undersea research program which aims to use controlled experiments to measure modern processes of decay, alteration, and burial in order to better understand taphonomic processes. Includes results and conclusions.
   http://www.sidsnet.org/successtories/6.html

» Taphonomy
   Information from Wikipedia on the study of decaying organisms over long periods of time. This process involves the transition of organisms from the biosphere to the lithosphere as they become fossilized.
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taphonomy

» Taphonomy Analysis
   Provides information on attempts to reconstruct the chronology of a variety of postmortem processes that have produced a faunal assemblage.
   http://www.taphonomy.com/TaphonomyIntro.html

» Taphonomy and Preservation
   Comprehensive tutorial on taphonomy and preservation from the State University of New York at Cortland.
   http://paleo.cortland.edu/tutorial/Taphonomy%26Pres/taphonomy.htm

» Taphonomy of the Rhynie Chert
   University of Aberdeen presentation of the preservation of biota in Rhynie chert.
   http://www.abdn.ac.uk/rhynie/tapho.htm

» Taphonomy: Insight into Stratigraphy, Sedimentology, and Evolution
   Abstracts of taphonomy papers presented at the 2002 meeting of the Geological Society of America.
   http://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2002NE/finalprogram/session_2068.htm

» Taphonomy: Learning from the Dead
   Description and syllabus of this field course in vertebrate and invertebrate taphonomy.
   http://www.geol.vt.edu/paleo/fieldtaph.htm

» Taphonomy: New Branch of Paleontology
   Article written by Professor Ivan Efremov in 1940 which first introduced the study of taphonomy.
   http://www.astro.spbu.ru/staff/serg/interests/literature/efremov/tapharticle1.html

» Taphonomy: The Study of Preservation
   Provides an explanation of what preservation means in relation to paleontology and the deductions that can be made from examining fossils.
   http://serc.carleton.edu/research_education/paleontology/taphonomy.html

» Taphos 2002
   Program of the 2002 International Conference on Taphonomy and Fossilization.
   http://paleopolis.rediris.es/paleontologia/Taphos2002/