TAPHONOMY


Meaning of TAPHONOMY in English

[ta.phon.o.my] n [Gk taphe burial + E -nomy] (1940): the study of the processes (as burial, decay, and preservation) that affect animal and plant remains as they become fossilized -- taph.o.nom.ic adj -- ta.phon.o.mist n

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