Beecher’s Trilobite type preservation
- Beecher’s Trilobite type preservation
The Preservational regime of Beecher's Trilobite Beds involves the replacement of soft tissues with pyrite, producing a three dimensional fossil replicating the anatomy of the original organism.[cite journal]
title = Exceptional Fossil Preservation and the Cambrian Explosion
year = 2003
journal = Integrative and Comparative Biology
volume = 43
issue = 1
pages = 166–177
doi = 10.1093/icb/43.1.166
author = Butterfield, Nicholas J.] The pyrite probably formed in voids left when soft tissue had decayed, and the tough exoskeleton demarked a cavity which could be filled by euhedral pyrite; as a result, no cellular detail survived the fossilisation process, and only organisms with a resistant cuticle can be preserved..[cite journal]
title = Exceptional Fossil Preservation and the Cambrian Explosion
year = 2003
journal = Integrative and Comparative Biology
volume = 43
issue = 1
pages = 166–177
doi = 10.1093/icb/43.1.166
author = Butterfield, Nicholas J.] References
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