lagerstätte

See also: Lagerstätte

English

Etymology

From German Lagerstätte (“storage place”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈlɑːɡəʃtɛtə/

Noun

lagerstätte (plural lagerstätten)

1. (paleontology) A sedimentary deposit that exhibits extraordinary fossil richness or completeness.
   • 2006, Paul Enos, Triassic Evolution of the Yangtze Platform in Guizhou Province, People's Republic of China‎^[1], →ISBN, page 84:

     A fossil lagerstätte bearing the "Guanling fauna" of Yin Gongzheng et al. (2000, p. 23) occurs 7 to 10 m above the base of the Wayao Formation...

   • 2017, Danna Staaf, Squid Empire, ForeEdge, →ISBN, page 121:

     The Cretaceous Lebanese Lagerstätten have been especially generous with coleoid fossils.