FIGURE 5 in Cells and soft tissues in fossil bone: A review of preservation mechanisms, with corrections of misconceptions

FIGURE 5. Simplified overview of factors that influence the preservation and destruction of the cellular, soft tissue, and mineral content of bone. Diagenesis of these materials is more complex than is shown here. Additional factors also have influence, and multiple levels and modes of preservation and destruction may occur in different regions of a single bone (see text for details).