Resolving taphonomic and preparation biases in silicified faunas through paired acid residues and X-ray microscopy

Autor: Gabriel S. Jacobs, Sarah Monique Jacquet, Tara Selly, James D. Schiffbauer, John Warren Huntley
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: PeerJ, Vol 12, p e16767 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2167-8359
DOI: 10.7717/peerj.16767
Popis: Paired petrography and acid maceration has shown that preferential silicification of shelly faunas can bias recovery based on taxon and body size. Here, silicified fossils from the Upper Ordovician Edinburg Formation, Strasburg Junction, Virginia, USA, were analyzed using X-ray tomographic microscopy (μCT) in conjunction with recovered residues from acid maceration of the same materials to further examine sources of potential bias. Results reveal that very small (
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