Lagerstätten Flashcards
means “mother lode”: the vein of gold/silver that makes its finder rich; a rock formation with wonderful preservation
Lagerstätten
These are fossils sites from which
fossils exhibit extraordinary quality and
completeness of preservation and/or a
wide diversity of fauna and/or flora.
Lagerstätten
he proposed two major types of fossil-lagerstatten
Adolph Seilacher
translates to concentration lagerstatten
- high amounts of fossil material
- decreased rate of sedimentation
- increased rate of organism reproduction
- increased rate of organismal death
Konzentrat-Lagerstätten
A Konzentrat-Lagerstätten where there is a decreased rate of sedimentation
condensation deposits
A Konzentrat-Lagerstätten where there is hyrdrodynamic concentration by currents, eddies
Placer deposits
A Konzentrat-Lagerstätten in holes, pits, and caves
concentration traps
15 infant Protoceratop dinosaurs were discovered where?
Mongolia’s Gobi Desert
these are duck-billed dinosaurs which are among the most important finds in dinosaur paleontology unearthed from Zucheng, China
Sapeornis
where was the remains of Pantelosaurus ( Haptodus ) Saxonicus (
Saxon Pelycosaurier the Permian period ) obtained?
Doehle pool in Germany
during what period were ammonites abundant?
Jurassic Period
translates to conservation
Lagerstätten
- unusually well-preserved fossils
- requires anoxic environments
- quiet waters
- rapid burial
- can even preserve impressions/carbonizations of soft parts
Konservat-Lagerstätten
Late Jurassic Konservat-Lagerstätten
Solnhofen, Bavaria, Germany
prehistoric creature whose remains were found in Solnhofen limestone. it is avian in nature and has hands similar to velociraptors
Archaeopteryx lithographica
another fossil remains found in the Solnhofen limestone
Rhamphorhynchus gemmingi
a highly coveted fossil dragonfly from the
Upper Jurassic, Solnhofen Limestone
Aeschnogomphus intermedius
A Konservat-Lagerstätten in Pennsylvanian, Illinois
Mazon Creek fauna of Francis Creek Shale
shark fossil found in Mazon Creek
Bandringa rayi fossil shark
fossil seed fern
from the Mazon Creek Lagerstätte
Neuropteris flexuosa
A Konservat-Lagerstätten from the Eocene Age
Green River Formation
