Ταφονομική ανάλυση απολιθωμένων μετακρανιακών σκελετικών μερών θηλαστικών από την απολιθωματοφόρο θέση Απολλωνίας (Μυγδονία λεκάνη)
Περίληψη
This work deals with the taphonomic analysis of fossilized postcranial skeletal remains of mammals, from the fossiliferous site Apollonia (Mygdonia basin). The taxa that have been studied are the Equus, Bison, Caprini και Antilopini, while the number of bones came to 257. The bones were examined in order to discover any pre- and post-burrial deformations, including abrasion, breakage (perpendicular irregular fractures, perpendicular regular, spiral, flakes and step or columnar fractures), fissures (longs and transversal), plastic deformations, weathering (stages 1-2-3) and biomarker traces (chewing marks, cutting marks, holes caused by insects and root marks). What was found is that most of the bones from this site belong to large animals as part of the small bones has been ruined. Τhe transport distance was small, the weather conditions were mild, while the most important role belongs to the geological influence of taphonomy rather than the biological.
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