German

Noun

Lagerstätte f ‎(genitive Lagerstätte, plural Lagerstätten)

1. deposit
2. repository

Derived terms

• Fossillagerstätte

English

Noun

lagerstätte ‎(plural lagerstätten)

1. (paleontology) A sedimentary deposit that exhibits extraordinary fossil richness or completeness.
   • 2006, Paul Enos, Triassic Evolution of the Yangtze Platform in Guizhou Province, People's Republic of China , ISBN 0813724171, page 84:

     A fossil lagerstätte bearing the "Guanling fauna" of Yin Gongzheng et al. (2000, p. 23) occurs 7 to 10 m above the base of the Wayao Formation...