In particular, the role of microbes in sealing and preserving organisms, for example in a process called autolithification, is now recognised to be a very important and early event in the preservation of many exceptional fossils, often taking place before burial. Such mineralogical changes might equally be considered to be biostratinomic as diagenetic.
The role of microbes in sealing and preserving organisms, such as autolithification, is now recognized as a crucial and early event in the preservation of many exceptional fossils, often occurring before burial. These mineralogical changes can be considered both biostratinomic and diagenetic.