/ˈlɑːɡəʃtɛtən/, U.S. /ˈlɑɡərˌʃtɛd(ə)n/.lagerstätten.
/ˈlɑːɡəʃtɛtə/, U.S. /ˈlɑɡərˌʃtɛdə//ˈlɑːɡəʃtɛtən/, U.S. /ˈlɑɡərˌʃtɛd(ə)n/. A fossil deposit of exceptional richness or interest. Also more fully fossil-lagerstatte. Usually in plural.
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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
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forest-bed1861
starfish bed1861
fish-bed1869
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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).
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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