埋藏学

埋藏学（Taphonomy）又叫化石形成学，是研究有机体如何腐烂并化石化或被保存在古生物记录中的学科。1940年，前苏联科学家“伊万·叶夫列莫夫”将“埋藏学”一词（源自希腊语”táphos，τάφος”-“埋葬”和”nomos，νόμος”-“法则”）引入古生物学研究^[1]，以描述生物遗体、残骸或产物从生物圈到岩石圈过渡的研究^[2]^[3]。

埋藏形态（taphomorphs）一词是用来描述化石结构的总称，这些化石结构代表了各种分类群而非单个生物保存不良和退化的遗骸。

^ Lyman, R. Lee. What Taphonomy Is, What it Isn't, and Why Taphonomists Should Care about the Difference (PDF). Journal of Taphonomy. 2010-01-01, 8 (1): 1–16 [2022-03-01]. （原始内容 (PDF)存档于2021-07-02）.
^ Efremov, I. A. Taphonomy: a new branch of paleontology. Pan-American Geology. 1940, 74: 81–93. （原始内容存档于2008-04-03）.
^ Martin, Ronald E. (1999) "1.1 The foundations of taphonomy" Taphonomy: A Process Approach Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, England, p. 1, ISBN 0-521-59833-8

[Lyman_1–162-1] Lyman, R. Lee. What Taphonomy Is, What it Isn't, and Why Taphonomists Should Care about the Difference (PDF). Journal of Taphonomy. 2010-01-01, 8 (1): 1–16 [2022-03-01]. （原始内容 (PDF)存档于2021-07-02）.

[Efremov85-2] Efremov, I. A. Taphonomy: a new branch of paleontology. Pan-American Geology. 1940, 74: 81–93. （原始内容存档于2008-04-03）.

[3] Martin, Ronald E. (1999) "1.1 The foundations of taphonomy" Taphonomy: A Process Approach Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, England, p. 1, ISBN 0-521-59833-8

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