Experimental taphonomy in museums: Preparation protocols for skeletons and fossil vertebrates under the scanning electron microscopy

Geobios

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 157-181

  Fernández Jalvo, Yolanda ^a   Monfort, Maria Dolores Marín ^b,c  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^c Escuela taller de Restauracion Paleontologica de Teruel (Diputacion General de Aragon)   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bone modification; Museums; Preparation standards; Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM); Taphonomy; Vertebrate collections

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL; MUSEUM; PRESERVATION; SAMPLE PREPARATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SKELETON; TAPHONOMY; VERTEBRATE;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 39149097502     PISSN: 00166995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geobios.2006.06.006     Document Type: Article

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