Carole T. Gee is an associate professor of paleontology at the University of Bonn. She is the editor of Plants in Mesozoic Time: Morphological Innovations, Phylogeny, Ecosystems. 

Victoria E. McCoy is a visiting assistant professor of paleontology at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. 

P. Martin Sander is a professor of vertebrate paleontology at the University of Bonn. He is the coeditor of The Microstructure of Reptilian Tooth Enamel: Terminology, Function, and Phylogeny and, with Gee, Biology of the Sauropod Dinosaurs: Understanding the Life of Giants.

Author Bio

Reviews

Table Of Contents

Preface

Carole T. Gee

1. Introduction to the Limits of the Fossil Record

P. Martin Sander and Carole T. Gee

2. Organic Phase Preservation in Fossil Dinosaur and Other Tetrapod Bone from Deep Time: Extending the Probable Osteocyte Record to the Early Permian

Kayleigh Wiersma, Sashima Läbe, and P. Martin Sander

3. Fossilization of Reproduction-Related Hard and Soft Tissues and Structures in Non-Avian Dinosaurs and Birds

Tzu-Ruei Yang and Aurore Canoville

4. Raman Spectroscopy in Fossilization Research: Basic Principles, Applications in Paleontology, and a Case Study on an Acanthodian Fish Spine

Thorsten Geisler and Martina Menneken

5. Ultrastructure to Biomolecular Composition: Taphonomic Patterns of Tissue Preservation in Arthropod Inclusions in Amber

H. Jonas Barthel, Victoria E. McCoy, and Jes Rust

6. Experimental Silicification of Wood in the Lab and Field: Pivotal Studies and Open Questions

Carole T. Gee and Moritz Liesegang

7. The Structure and Chemistry of Silica in Mineralized Wood: Techniques and Analysis

Moritz Liesegang, Frank Tomaschek, and Jens Götze

8. Exceptional Fossilization of Ecological Interactions: Plant Defenses during the Four Major Expansions of Arthropod Herbivory in the Fossil Record

Victoria E. McCoy, Torsten Wappler, and Conrad C. Labandeira

9. Color in Living and Fossil Plants: The Search for Biological Pigments in the Paleobotanical Record

Carole T. Gee and Victoria E. McCoy

10. The Future of Fossilization

Victoria E. McCoy

Contributors

Index

"This well-written and well-edited volume, which is full of beautiful illustrations, describes exciting areas of fossilization while providing a guide for anyone wanting to apply some of the new techniques or look at emerging areas. Incorporating cutting-edge and revised techniques, this book will interest paleontologists, paleobotanists, and students, as well as general readers."

— David Winship Taylor, Indiana University Southeast, coeditor of Flowering Plant Origin, Early Evolution & Phylogeny

"An exciting, novel contribution to the paleontological literature written by experts who have done groundbreaking research. There really is no comparable work."

— Hans-Dieter Sues, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, author of The Rise of Reptiles

"Showcasing knowledge acquired and techniques developed in the past few decades that have given us greater understanding of the processes and mechanics of fossilization, this book is full of cutting-edge, highly original research. A useful and attractive text for paleontologists, mineralogists, biochemists, and paleomicrobiologists, Fossilization will be a standard reference for years to come."

— Christopher A. Shaw, Idaho Museum of Natural History / ArcheoPaleo Resource Management, Inc., coeditor of Smilodon: The Iconic Sabertooth