| 1. | Middle range theories are derived from ethnoarchaeology and taphonomic processes.
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| 2. | Taphonomic studies indicate that embryos are preserved for longest in reducing, anoxic conditions.
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| 3. | Taphonomic analysis of the Ellisdale fauna has revealed two distinctly different types of preservation.
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| 4. | Taphonomic analysis reveals the likelihood of one, perhaps two, burial ( s ).
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| 5. | Taphonomic modes of the Wayan are distinct.
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| 6. | In addition, taphonomic processes may alter biological remains after they are deposited at a site.
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| 7. | Charcoalification is an important taphonomic mode.
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| 8. | This causes the taphonomic or diagenetic obliteration of fossils, producing gaps and condensation of the record.
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| 9. | However, it is probably a taphonomic artefact, with the protoconch being spherical like other belemnites.
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| 10. | A taphonomic reconstruction of the Late Permian showed that there were well established, dense, riverine vegetation.
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