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bone bed

noun

  1. geology a sediment containing large quantities of fossilized animal remains, such as bones, teeth, scales, etc
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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A bone bed has also been observed at the base of the Carboniferous limestone series in certain parts of the south-west of England.

It is noteworthy that a similar bone bed has been traced on the same geological horizon in Brunswick, Hanover and Franconia.

Remains of saurians have also been found in the bone-bed, and plates of an Encrinus.

These constitute the upper bone bed and Dachstein limestone beds of the uppermost part of the Trias formation.

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