lagerstätte
See also: Lagerstätte
English
Etymology
From German Lagerstätte (“storage place”).
Pronunciation
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Noun
lagerstätte (plural lagerstätten)
- (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.
- 2006, Paul Enos, Triassic Evolution of the Yangtze Platform in Guizhou Province, People's Republic of China [1], →ISBN, page 84:
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