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bone bed

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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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Alongside the marine animals, Bischoff said he was excited to find an entire shore ecology that included skulls of sandpipers and pieces of driftwood in the bone bed.

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

Based on photographs and documents from the original excavation, they established that some of the newly found animal fossils came from the same rich bone bed as the H. erectus fossils.

From Science Magazine Dec. 18, 2019

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

From The Guardian Dec. 18, 2019

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

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" by Various

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