Full definition of thanatocoenose
Noun
- A collection of dead life forms that are found together, having previously interacted as a community within an ecosystem.
- 1977, H. Löffler, ‎D. Danielopol, Aspects of Ecology and Zoogeography of Recent and Fossil Ostracoda, page 454: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).
- 1989, Hans M. Bolli, ‎John B. Saunders, ‎Katharina Perch-Nielsen, Plankton Stratigraphy, Volume 2, page 764:The fossil diatom assemblage or thanatocoenose found in sediments typially represents as little as 1-5% of the original living assemblage or biocoenose.
