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/θəˌnætəʊˈsiːnəʊs/ · noun
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).
The fossil diatom assemblage or thanatocoenose found in sediments typially represents as little as 1-5% of the original living assemblage or biocoenose.
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.
Use thanatocoenose when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Thanatocoenose means A collection of dead life forms that are found together, having previously interacted as a community within an ecosystem..
Common synonyms include thanatocoenosis, death assemblage.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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).
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