A micro X-ray computed tomography dataset of fossil echinoderms in an ancient obrution bed: a robust method for taphonomic and palaeoecologic analyses | Zendy

Mhairi Reid | Zendy; Emese M. Bordy | Zendy; Wendy L. Taylor | Zendy; S. Roux | Zendy; Anton du Plessis | Zendy

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A micro X-ray computed tomography dataset of fossil echinoderms in an ancient obrution bed: a robust method for taphonomic and palaeoecologic analyses

Author(s) -

Mhairi Reid,

Emese M. Bordy,

Wendy L. Taylor,

S. Roux,

Anton du Plessis

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

gigascience

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.947

H-Index - 54

ISSN - 2047-217X

DOI - 10.1093/gigascience/giy156

Subject(s) - taphonomy , paleontology , geology , sedimentary depositional environment , echinoderm , stylolite , trace fossil , devonian , bioerosion , diagenesis , oceanography , structural basin , coral

Taphonomic and palaeoecologic studies of obrution beds often employ conventional methods of investigation such as physical removal and extraction of fossils from their host rock (matrix) by mechanical preparation. This often-destructive method is not suitable for studying mold fossils, which are voids left in host rocks due to dissolution of the original organism in post-depositional processes.

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