Actualistic taphonomy, i.e., the study of the fossilization process through modern analogues and experimentation (Kowalewski and Labarbera 2004), continues to be an emerging topic in South America. Since the Ritter et al. (2016) manifesto published as a Spotlight in PALAIOS and the subsequent workshops on actualistic taphonomy unique to South American geology, a group of researchers has focused particularly on South American taphonomy studies.

Ritter et al. (2016) illustrated how the environments and organisms across South America could provide novel insights and advance the field of actualistic taphonomy. That manifesto inspired the “First Workshop on Actualistic Taphonomy in...

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