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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bone bed

“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

Finally, the researchers located the original bone bed and dug up hundreds more fossils.

From The Guardian ● Dec. 18, 2019

The "landscape marble" belongs to this formation, which also contains a bone bed, or thin layer made up of the bones and teeth, etc., of fish.

From Sea-Weeds, Shells and Fossils by Peter Gray

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