Suppose you find dinosaur bones in a rock formed within a riverbed. Based on what you know about taphonomy, if the skeleton was mostly intact you might assume what? What if the bones were separated and scattered throughout the rock?
A. The dinosaur was mauled to death, the bones were transported into the river from elsewhere
B. The dinosaur was buried quickly after dying, the dinosaur was exhumed recklessly by paleontologists
C. The dinosaur was buried quickly after dying, the dinosaur died outside the riverbed and the bones were transported there slowly