单词 | starfish bed |
释义 | > as lemmasstarfish bed starfish bed n. Geology (usually with capital initials) a stratum rich in starfish fossils. 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 1860 Geologist 3 79 Mr. Lee..really found them in the ‘starfish quarry’ at Leintwardine, when collecting fossils there in company with Mr. Lightbody.] 1861 Geologist 4 190 The Pterygotus with its great succulent body, whose remains are met with above and below the Starfish-bed, could not have been a deep-sea creature. 1935 J. Pringle South of Scotl. ii. 34 Near the head of the Lady Burn the mudstones are underlain by a hard greenish-grey calcareous sandstone, the well-known Starfish Bed. 2013 B. Lefebvre et al. in D. A. T. Harper & T. Servais Early Palaeozoic Biogeogr. & Palaeogeogr. 178/2 By far the highest diversity of ophiuroids comes from the Lady Burn Starfish Bed. < as lemmas |
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