bone bed

British  

noun

1. geology a sediment containing large quantities of fossilized animal remains, such as bones, teeth, scales, etc

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Example Sentences

“It’s the largest marine bone bed found in Los Angeles and Orange counties.”

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 13, 2024

Until the recent bone bed discovery, a similar formation had not been found there since 1887.

From Washington Times • Jul. 12, 2023

From this urban bone bed, researchers dug up a 1-centimeter-wide partial skull embedded with other bones in a thick chunk of rock.

From Science Magazine • Sep. 27, 2022

This means that Tanque Loma is a monodominant bone bed.

From Scientific American • Jan. 19, 2020

At the extreme east of the county, Rhaetic and Lias beds make their appearance, the former with a "bone" bed bearing the remains of saurians and fish.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 3 "Destructors" to "Diameter" by Various