Taphotaxon
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taphotaxon-312-15336425
title:
Taphotaxon
text:
A taphotaxon is an invalid taxon based on fossils remains that have been altered in a characteristic way during burial and diagenesis. The fossils so altered have distinctive characteristics that make them appear to be a new taxon, but these characteristics are spurious and do not reflect any significant taxonomic distinction from an existing fossil taxon. The term was first proposed by Spencer G. Lucas in 2001, who particularly applied it to spurious ichnotaxons, but it has since been applied t
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encyclopedia
description:
Invalid taxon based on diagenetic alteration of a fossil
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taphotaxon
date created:
date modified:
2023-09-04T19:27:43Z
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