books.google.co.uk - This book offers a comprehensive review of the entire field of taphonomy, the science of fossil preservation. It describes the formation of plant and animal fossils in oceanic, terrestrial and river settings and how this affects deciphering the ecology and extinction of past lifeforms and the environments...http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Taphonomy.html?id=29c-vg_mWWQC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareTaphonomy