An Illustrated and Cross-Referenced Glossary of Malacological and Conchological Terms

by Paul S. Mikkelsen

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TAPHONOMY		Referring to the immediate post-mortem period between death and final entombment of the skeletal remains in the sediment; see also: FOSSIL.

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