TAPHONOMIC CLOCK AND BATHYMETRIC DEPENDENCE OF CEPHALOPOD PRESERVATION IN BATHYAL, SEDIMENT-STARVED ENVIRONMENTS

The dependence of skeletal alteration on time spent in the taphonomic active zone (TAZ) can generate a taphonomic clock, which can be used to quantify scales of time averaging and rates of skeletal production and recycling in the fossil record. However, the strength of the taphonomic clock is variab...

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