"This edited volume provides researchers with an in-depth look at cutting-edge innovations in the art and science of taphonomy--the branch of paleontology that deals with the processes of fossilization--bringing them up to date on current knowledge and defining future directions for research"--.

• Cover
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• Copyright
• Contents
• Preface
• 1 Introduction to the Limits of the Fossil Record
• 2 Organic Phase Preservation in Fossil Dinosaur and Other Tetrapod Bone from Deep Time: Extending the Probable Osteocyte Record to the Early Permian
• 3 Fossilization of Reproduction- Related Hard and Soft Tissues and Structures in Non- Avian Dinosaurs and Birds
• 4 Raman Spectroscopy in Fossilization Research: Basic Principles, Applications in Paleontology, and a Case Study on an Acanthodian Fish Spine
• 5 From Ultrastructure to Biomolecular Composition: Taphonomic Patterns of Tissue Preservation in Arthropod Inclusions in Amber
• 6 Experimental Silicification of Wood in the Lab and Field: Pivotal Studies and Open Questions
• 7 The Structure and Chemistry of Silica in Mineralized Wood: Techniques and Analysis
• 8 Exceptional Fossilization of Ecological Interactions: Plant Defenses during the Four Major Expansions of Arthropod Herbivory in the Fossil Record
• 9 Color in Living and Fossil Plants: The Search for Biological Pigments in the Paleobotanical Record
• 10 The Future of Fossilization
• Contributors
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