A History Of Life

1. From production to final burial
(Taphonomy/Shell transport)

Shelfal successions in collisional settings can be the site of quick burial of shelly remains, though with some lateral displacement from the original habitats (Dominici & Zuschin 2005). Paleoge

2. Lower Paleozoic exceptional biota
(Past ecosystems/Shoreface)

...presented in the fossil record, due to the high-energy conditions met with at the shoreline, making biotic remains easily destroyed. Silurian fossils of the Eramosa Lagerstätte, from the Ontario re...

3. Whale-fall bivalves
(Past ecosystems/Whale-fall communities)

...ith & Baco 2003), namely the first, or mobile-scavenger stage, and the third, the sulphphilic stage. Remains of the white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) and the blue shark (Prionace glauca) and...

4. Whale-fall communities on the shelf
(Past ecosystems/Whale-fall communities)

...it resources associated with whale carcasses. Documents on modern and ancient taxa are associated to whale remains in shelfal settings are badly needed, and appearently hard to find (Smith 2006). Then...