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The 113 pages that link to Taphonomy, each with the reason it gives.

• Earliest known life formsRelated: Preservation processes explain why only fragmentary evidence of ancient organisms survives.

• Geologic recordRelated: It explains why fossil evidence preserves only selected remains and traces.

• Homo gautengensisRelated: Cave deposition and fossil mixing affect whether associated remains can be treated as one taxon.

• KenyanthropusRelated: Distortion after burial complicates interpretation of its type skull.

• LongisquamaRelated: Preservation and distortion complicate readings of the appendages on its fossil.

• MegalictisRelated: Preservation processes shape which parts of Megalictis are available for study.

• PaleotempestologyRelated: Preservation and reworking can alter the shells and biological traces used to identify storm layers.

• Pallor mortisRelated: Environmental conditions can alter postmortem appearance, complicating interpretation of pallor.

• PhalangiotarbidaRelated: Preservation can obscure body features needed to classify phalangiotarbids.

• Prehistoric technologyRelated: Preservation processes explain why durable objects dominate evidence of past technology.

• Subfossil lemurRelated: Preservation processes determine which lemur remains survive and what evidence they retain.

• ThylacocephalaRelated: Preservation processes determine which delicate structures can be interpreted in thylacocephalan fossils.

• William M. BassNarrower topic: Bass’s research treats environmental effects on bodies as evidence to interpret.