| 单词 | fossil-lagerstatte |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfossil-lagerstatte A fossil deposit of exceptional richness or interest. Also more fully fossil-lagerstatte. Usually in plural. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > sedimentary formation > [noun] > stratum > stratum by constitution > organic remains or fossils moorlog1655 coal plant1695 leaf bed1697 plant bed1784 oyster bed1833 stem-bed1853 forest-bed1861 starfish bed1861 fish-bed1869 insect-bed1893 lagerstätte1972 1972 Science 22 Sept. 1069/1 Our knowledge of the history of life would be very different were it not for the occasional instances of spectacular preservation of large assemblages (Lagerstätten). 1988 Trends Ecol. & Evol. 3 275/1 The Solnhofen limestone is famous in geological circles as a lagerstätte, a deposit which has yielded a large amount of information about the organisms which lived at a certain point in geological time. 1989 S. J. Gould Wonderful Life (1991) 63 We pass through the Permo-Triassic extinction and come to the most famous of all Lagerstätten—the Jurassic Solnhofen limestone of Germany. 2001 Nature 22 Nov. 419 A suite of fossils, representing at least four taxa, from the Chengjiang fossil-Lagerstätte (south China). < as lemmas |
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