1. Middle range theories are derived from ethnoarchaeology and taphonomic processes. 2. Taphonomic studies indicate that embryos are preserved for longest in reducing, anoxic conditions.3. Taphonomic analysis of the Ellisdale fauna has revealed two distinctly different types of preservation.4. Taphonomic analysis reveals the likelihood of one, perhaps two, burial ( s ).5. Taphonomic modes of the Wayan are distinct.6. In addition, taphonomic processes may alter biological remains after they are deposited at a site. 7. Charcoalification is an important taphonomic mode. 8. This causes the taphonomic or diagenetic obliteration of fossils, producing gaps and condensation of the record. 9. However, it is probably a taphonomic artefact, with the protoconch being spherical like other belemnites. 10. A taphonomic reconstruction of the Late Permian showed that there were well established, dense, riverine vegetation.
