| 单词 | death assemblage |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdeath assemblage death assemblage n. Palaeontology a group of fossils preserved together in one location, representing an arbitrary accumulation that occurred after the death of the organisms; a thanatocoenosis; contrasted with life assemblage. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > organism > fossil > [noun] remains1705 fossil1736 medal of creation1804 death assemblage1953 1953 Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 251 26 It is here suggested that the terms ‘life assemblage’ and ‘death assemblage’, respectively, be employed as the paleontological equivalents of biocoenosis and thanatocoenosis. 1979 R. Anderton et al. Dynamic Stratigr. Brit. Isles x. 128/2 Faunas are rich in individuals but of low diversity, and occur as current-sorted death assemblages. 2005 M. Bjornerud Reading Rocks ii. 52 Most fossil-bearing layers are death assemblages—marine morgues containing biomineralized remains of creatures that had died sometime before they were incorporated into a sedimentary layer. < as lemmas |
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