Exceptionally Preserved Fossils

Palaeobiology II

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 328-332

  Briggs, D E G ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA; Fossils; Homo sapiens; Ice man; Proteins

Indexed keywords

EID: 84956984043     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470999295ch.76     Document Type: Chapter

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2. Allison, P.A. and Briggs, D.E.G. (1993) Exceptional fossil record: distribution of soft-tissue preservation through the Phanerozoic. Geology 21, 527-530.
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4. Briggs, D.E.G. (1999) Molecular taphonomy of animal and plant cuticles: selective preservation and diagenesis. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London B 354, 7-17.
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6. Seilacher, A. (1999) Biomat-related lifestyles in the Precambrian. Palaios 14, 86-93.
7. Seilacher, A., Reif, W.-E. and Westphal, F. (1985) Sedimentological, ecological and temporal patterns of fossil Lagerstätten. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London B 311, 5-23.
8. Wilby, P.R. and Briggs, D.E.G. (1997) Taxonomic trends in the resolution of detail preserved in fossil phosphatized soft tissues. Geobios, Mémoire Spécial 20, 493-502.