Meaning Of The Word Taphonomy

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taphonomy in American English
the branch of paleontology that deals with the process of fossilization
noun: the circumstances and processes of fossilization

taphonomy in British English
noun: the study of the processes affecting an organism after death that result in its fossilization

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