TAPHONOMY


Meaning of TAPHONOMY in English

[ ta'fɒnəmi ]

■ noun the branch of palaeontology concerned with the processes of fossilization.

Derivatives

taphonomic adjective

taphonomist noun

Origin

1940s: from Gk taphos 'grave' + -nomy .

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