ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Three early plant taphonomy experiments (1833-1836)
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Univ Lyon, Claude Bernard University Lyon 1, CNRS, ENTPE, UMR 5023 LEHNA, F-69622,
Villeurbanne, France
Online publication date: 2021-12-31
Publication date: 2021-12-31
Acta Palaeobotanica 2021; 61(2): 187-194
HIGHLIGHTS
- Between 1833 and 1836 several plant taphonomy experiments were carried out
- Lindley questionned the role of degradation in water
- Göppert and Lortet questionned the fate of plant organic matter
- Despite this promising beginnings plant taphonomy developped in the mid-20th. century
KEYWORDS
ABSTRACT
Between 1833 and 1836 in England, then in Prussia and finally in France, young botanists experimented
with making plant fossils to understand better how such fossils could be formed and how to interpret
fossil assemblages. These experiments are described and discussed. Despite these promising beginnings, plant
taphonomy was not really developed as a science until much later.
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