Paleontology is the study of prehistoric life also known as fossils, such as woods, shells and bones which are also the most common fossils. Most fossils that people dig up are millions even billions of years old, but there is no set age for a structure to become a fossil. Paleontologist study the fossils they find to reconstruct the history of the Earth and the life on it. Paleontologist determine the evolution of organisms and the interactions with different interactions.
Paleontology lies on a thin line between biology and geology. Biology is the study of living organisms, including their structure, function, growth, evolution, identification and taxonomy. Geology is the study of earth science, geologist study solid earth such as the …show more content…
Taphonomy was introduced to paleontology by Russian scientist Ivan Efremov in the 1940s. Ivan Efremov was a Soviet paleontologist, science fiction author and social thinker. Taphonomy is a very complex science using mathematic meanings and different scientific sets. In the late 1940s taphonomy is responsible for the processes for any organisms becoming part of the fossil record these processes influence all information in the fossil record. Taphonomy helps determine the events that affects organisms during life such as behavior, rainfall, availability of food and, maximum growth. Each organism must go through several stages to become fossilized these steps span from the death of the organisms to the collection of a organism. Necrology is the first stage and the loss of a organism which means "a notice of death; obituary". The next next step is Biostratinomy which is the transfer from the living world to the inorganic world. By studying these steps paleontologist are able to understand what happened to the organisms before it become a fossil. Paleontologist are able to understand the break up of a organism thanks to Biostratinomy. Diagenesis plays a role in the study of fossils, once organisms are buried the organic material is in the taphonomic stage. The taphonomic sage is experimental testing, it usually consists of exposing the remains and testing them in different environments and examining the affects of the different exposures. Microbial is much bigger then Taphonomy but they both go hand in hand. Very few fossils actually are fossilized and stay
Paleontology lies on a thin line between biology and geology. Biology is the study of living organisms, including their structure, function, growth, evolution, identification and taxonomy. Geology is the study of earth science, geologist study solid earth such as the …show more content…
Taphonomy was introduced to paleontology by Russian scientist Ivan Efremov in the 1940s. Ivan Efremov was a Soviet paleontologist, science fiction author and social thinker. Taphonomy is a very complex science using mathematic meanings and different scientific sets. In the late 1940s taphonomy is responsible for the processes for any organisms becoming part of the fossil record these processes influence all information in the fossil record. Taphonomy helps determine the events that affects organisms during life such as behavior, rainfall, availability of food and, maximum growth. Each organism must go through several stages to become fossilized these steps span from the death of the organisms to the collection of a organism. Necrology is the first stage and the loss of a organism which means "a notice of death; obituary". The next next step is Biostratinomy which is the transfer from the living world to the inorganic world. By studying these steps paleontologist are able to understand what happened to the organisms before it become a fossil. Paleontologist are able to understand the break up of a organism thanks to Biostratinomy. Diagenesis plays a role in the study of fossils, once organisms are buried the organic material is in the taphonomic stage. The taphonomic sage is experimental testing, it usually consists of exposing the remains and testing them in different environments and examining the affects of the different exposures. Microbial is much bigger then Taphonomy but they both go hand in hand. Very few fossils actually are fossilized and stay