LEADER 04797nam 2200685 a 450 001 9910779329103321 005 20230228223143.0 010 $a0-226-88168-7 010 $a1-299-10471-1 024 7 $a10.7208/9780226881683 035 $a(CKB)2550000000998113 035 $a(EBL)1172335 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000803700 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12405901 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000803700 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10811389 035 $a(PQKB)11161029 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1172335 035 $a(DE-B1597)535750 035 $a(OCoLC)1135615342 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780226881683 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1172335 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10641856 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL441721 035 $a(OCoLC)854971630 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000998113 100 $a19890119d1989 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aRecent vertebrate carcasses and their paleobiological implications /$fJohannes Weigelt ; translated by Judith Schaefer ; foreword by Anna K. Behrensmeyer and Catherine Badgley 210 1$aChicago :$cUniversity of Chicago Press,$d1989. 215 $a1 online resource (290 pages) $cillustrations, plates 300 $aTranslation of: Rezente Wirbeltierleichen und ihre pala?obiologische Bedeutung. 311 0 $a0-226-88166-0 311 0 $a0-226-88167-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [169]-178) and index. 327 $tFrontmatter --$tContents --$tForeword --$tTranslator's Note --$tPublisher's Note --$tPreface --$tIntroduction --$t1. Death and its aftermath --$t2. Modes of death --$t3. Laws governing positions of recent and fossil vertebrate carcasses --$t4. The carcass assemblage at Smithers Lake and its origin --$t5. Carcass Assemblages and Concentrations in the Geologic Past --$tConclusion --$tReferences --$tIndex 330 $aThe first English translation of Johannes Weigelt's 1927 classic makes available the seminal work in taphonomy, the study of how organisms die, decay, become entombed in sediments, and fossilize over time. Weigelt emphasized the importance of empirical work and made extensive observations of modern carcasses on the Texas Gulf Coast. He applied the results to evidence from the fossil record and demonstrated that an understanding of the postmortem fate of modern animals is crucial to making sound inferences about fossil vertebrate assemblages and their ecological communities. Weigelt spent sixteen months on the Gulf Coast in the mid-1920s, gathering evidence from the carcasses of cattle and other animals in the early stages of preservation. This book reports his observations. He discusses death and decomposition; classifies various modes of death (drowning, cold, dehydration, fire, mud, quicksand, oil slicks, etc.); documents and analyzes the positions of carcasses; presents detailed data on carcass assemblages at the Smither's Lake site in Texas; and, in a final chapter, makes comparisons to carcass assemblages from the geologic past. He raises questions about whether much of the fossil record is a product of unusual events and, if so, what the implications are for paleoecological studies. The English edition of Recent Vertebrate Carcasses includes a foreword and a translator's note that comment on Weigelt's life and the significance of his work. The original bibliography has been brought up to date, and, where necessary, updated scientific and place names have been added to the text in brackets. An index of names, places, and subjects is included, and Weigelt's own photographs of carcasses and drawings of skeletons illustrate the text. 606 $aVertebrates, Fossil 606 $aPaleoecology 606 $aVertebrates, Fossil$zTexas$zSmithers Lake 606 $aPaleoecology$zTexas$zSmithers Lake 610 $acarcass, bones, paleontology, paleobiology, vertebrate, invertebrate, english, translation, 1920s, 20th century, contemporary, modern, taphonomy, organisms, sediment, fossils, observation, paleoecology, smithers lake, texas, regional, animals, preservation, death, decomposition, southern, united states, usa, america, american, drowning, dehydration, fire, mud, quicksand, oil slick, cause. 615 0$aVertebrates, Fossil. 615 0$aPaleoecology. 615 0$aVertebrates, Fossil 615 0$aPaleoecology 676 $a566 700 $aWeigelt$b Johannes$f1890-1948.$01559498 701 $aSchaefer$b Judith$01559499 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910779329103321 996 $aRecent vertebrate carcasses and their paleobiological implications$93824702 997 $aUNINA