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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Strewn throughout the bone bed are massive relics of something no one can quite identify, a mysterious dinosaur more numerous and better preserved than any other animal.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 15, 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

The lower limestone shales are 500 ft. thick in the Bristol area and only 165 in the forest, richly fossiliferous and famous for their bone bed.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" by Various