bone bed

noun

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

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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