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thanatocoenose en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /θəˌnætəʊˈsiːnəʊs/

Etymology

From thanato- + coenose.

Meanings

1. A collection of dead life forms that are found together, having previously interacted as a community within an ecosystem.
   • This sort of thanatocoenose is typical of lakes with a semi-arid climate (Early Triassic period in the Kuznetsk Basin, Middle Jurassic- Lower Cretaceous of Middle Asia). 1977, H. Löffler, D. Danielopol, Aspects of Ecology and Zoogeography of Recent and Fossil Ostracoda, page 454:
   • Given that paleozoologists sample the geological record (i.e., where faunal remains are deposited as a particular kind of sedimentary particle), they don't always have a complete thanatocoenose lying on the lab table. 2008, R. Lee Lyman, Quantitative Paleozoology, page 23:
   • The fossil diatom assemblage or thanatocoenose found in sediments typially represents as little as 1-5% of the original living assemblage or biocoenose. 1989, Hans M. Bolli, John B. Saunders, Katharina Perch-Nielsen, Plankton Stratigraphy, volume 2, page 764:

Forms

Relateds

biocoenose · phytocoenose

Synonyms

thanatocoenosis · death assemblage

Translations (7)

ms tanatosenosis (dead life forms found together) · sv tanatocenos (dead life forms found together) · sv thanatocoenos (dead life forms found together) · uk танатоценоз (dead life forms found together) · cmn 屍積群 /尸积群 (dead life forms found together) · pt tanatocenose (dead life forms found together) · cmn 生物屍積群 /生物尸积群 (dead life forms found together)