Comparative Taphonomy, Taphofacies, and Bonebeds of the Mio-Pliocene Purisima Formation, Central California: Strong Physical Control on Marine Vertebrate Preservation in Shallow Marine Settings

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Robert W. Boessenecker ,

* E-mail: boessenecker@gmail.com

Current address: Department of Geology, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand

Affiliations Department of Earth Sciences, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, United States of America, University of California Museum of Paleontology, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America
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Frank A. Perry,

Affiliation Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History, Santa Cruz, California, United States of America
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James G. Schmitt

Affiliation Department of Earth Sciences, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, United States of America
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