Exceptionally preserved fossils are the product of complex interplays of biological and
geological processes including burial, autolysis and microbial decay, authigenic …

Bacteria play an important role in the fossilization of soft tissues; their metabolic activities
drive the destruction of the tissues and also strongly influence mineralization. Some …

Exceptionally preserved organic fossils are commonly associated with clay-rich horizons or
directly with clay minerals. It has been posited that interactions between clay minerals and …

Exceptionally preserved fossils provide major insights into the evolutionary history of life.
Microbial activity is thought to play a pivotal role in both the decay of organisms and the …

Taphonomic experiments provide important insights into fossils that preserve the remains of
decay‐prone soft tissues, tissues that are usually degraded and lost prior to fossilization …

The study of well-preserved organic matter (OM) within mineral concretions has provided
key insights into depositional and environmental conditions in deep time. Concretions of …

In the last 20 years, much taphonomic experimentation has focused on the interpretation of
exceptionally preserved fossils. Decay experiments have been used to interpret the features …

Fossilization processes and especially the role of bacterial activity during the preservation of
organic material has not yet been well understood. Here, we report the results of controlled …

This paper addresses the taphonomic processes responsible for fossil preservation in
calcium phosphate, or phosphatization. Aside from silicification and rarer examples of …

The pattern and sequence of the decomposition of the Pipidae African dwarf frog
(Hymenochirus boettgeri) is tracked in an experiment with microbial mats in order to explore …