Scientific Meeting of the Faculty of Geology – March 10, 2023

We invite you to participate in the Scientific Meeting of the Faculty of Geology of the University of Warsaw on March 10, 2023 (Friday) at 1:00 p.m.

“Temporal Resolution of Fossil Samples“

The presentation in English will be delivered by: Michał Kowalewski, PhD, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida

The meeting will be held in room 1099 (20 people) and via the Google Meet platform https://meet.google.com/dkc-papd-biw

Invites You
Dean of the Faculty of Geology

ABSTRACT:
Due to time-averaging (age mixing), fossils preserved together within single strata typically represent organisms that died at different times. The extent of time-averaging determines the temporal resolution of fossil samples and represents one of the most fundamental characteristics of the paleobiological data. Quantitative dating of skeletal remains from present-day depositional systems and numerical modeling both predict that typical paleontological samples should be mixed temporally over centennial-to-millennial time scales. However, the resolution of samples varies notably across taxa and environmental settings. Despite all challenges and uncertainties, our growing understanding of time-averaging processes is improving our ability to interpret the fossil record.