taphonomic

Adjective

taphonomic (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to taphonomy (factors affecting an organism's remains after death).
   • The differences between the Sao Khua dinosaur assemblage and the roughly coeval assemblages in China, notably those from the Jehol Group of NE China, have already been noted, and several hypotheses have been put forward, including differences in taphonomic conditions, and the existence of...2009, Eric Buffetaut, Late Palaeozoic and Mesozoic Ecosystems in SE Asia
   • These efforts have contributed to the use of coherent terminology that reduces misinterpretation: for instance, the use of the medical term “erosion” is not suitable for paleopathology since it could ambiguously refer to both antemortem and taphonomic processes.2023, Anne L. Grauer, “Introduction” (chapter 1), in The Routledge Handbook of Paleopathology, Routledge, →DOI, →ISBN, page 5