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Lagerstätte
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<p>A Fossil-Lagerstätte (German: [ˈlaːɡɐˌʃtɛtə], from <i>Lager</i> 'storage, lair' <i>Stätte</i> 'place'; plural <i>Lagerstätten</i>) is a <a href="/facts/Sedimentation/qUgHGvhd">sedimentary</a> deposit that exhibits extraordinary <a href="/facts/Fossils/by7NzIA1">fossils</a> with exceptional preservation—sometimes including preserved soft tissues. These formations may have resulted from carcass burial in an <a href="/facts/Hypoxia_(environmental)/VSSWPNlF">anoxic</a> environment with minimal bacteria, thus delaying the decomposition of both gross and fine biological features until long after a durable impression was created in the surrounding matrix. <i>Fossil-Lagerstätten</i> spans <a href="/facts/Geology/WGvVRIYF">geological</a> time from the <a href="/facts/Neoproterozoic/89NsnsM1">Neoproterozoic</a> era to the <a href="/facts/Holocene/sppPgwW5">present</a>. </p><p>Worldwide, some of the best examples of near-perfect fossilization are the <a href="/facts/Cambrian/jIfzKtod">Cambrian</a> <a href="/facts/Maotianshan_shales/EUIL90sp">Maotianshan shales</a> and <a href="/facts/Burgess_Shale/4NX5HqIM">Burgess Shale</a>, the <a href="/facts/Ordovician/BjMrLIEA">Ordovician</a> <a href="/facts/Soom_Shale/xb3Buujo">Soom Shale</a>, the <a href="/facts/Silurian/1qx4epPg">Silurian</a> <a href="/facts/Waukesha_Biota/8IuyW72A">Waukesha Biota</a>, the <a href="/facts/Devonian/nWgakqzk">Devonian</a> <a href="/facts/Hunsr%25C3%25BCck_Slates/EBPLPXVz">Hunsrück Slates</a> and <a href="/facts/Gogo_Formation/Wn4SNDl2">Gogo Formation</a>, the <a href="/facts/Carboniferous/BRKlkYyd">Carboniferous</a> <a href="/facts/Mazon_Creek_fossil_beds/dB5HckUT">Mazon Creek</a>, the Triassic <a href="/facts/Madygen_Formation/4UwIymdG">Madygen Formation</a>, the <a href="/facts/Jurassic/o5Cy4KzX">Jurassic</a> <a href="/facts/Posidonia_Shale/wHQwloIr">Posidonia Shale</a> and <a href="/facts/Solnhofen_Limestone/EfbVtUwf">Solnhofen Limestone</a>, the <a href="/facts/Cretaceous/nwKtFtKx">Cretaceous</a> <a href="/facts/Yixian_Formation/vkVQCGfE">Yixian</a>, <a href="/facts/Santana_Formation/N4CzHv53">Santana</a>, & <a href="/facts/Agua_Nueva_Formation/0yVd7kYY">Agua Nueva</a> formations and the <a href="/facts/Tanis_(fossil_site)/QPCKehWj">Tanis Fossil Site</a>, the <a href="/facts/Eocene/EYgI8Uco">Eocene</a> <a href="/facts/Fur_Formation/Gu4YRClN">Fur Formation</a>, <a href="/facts/Green_River_Formation/dpfhfMy7">Green River Formation</a>, <a href="/facts/Messel_Formation/BCqmC3LK">Messel Formation</a> & <a href="/facts/Monte_Bolca/0JCDrmux">Monte Bolca</a>, the <a href="/facts/Miocene/cBRRzq4g">Miocene</a> <a href="/facts/Foulden_Maar/osmWz0jI">Foulden Maar</a> and <a href="/facts/Ashfall_Fossil_Beds/bVPRz7Qk">Ashfall Fossil Beds</a>, the <a href="/facts/Pliocene/MjcIVQ86">Pliocene</a> <a href="/facts/Gray_Fossil_Site/jtCYDRag">Gray Fossil Site</a>, and the <a href="/facts/Pleistocene/0ya9eUp5">Pleistocene</a> <a href="/facts/Naracoorte_Caves/wyyuQL85">Naracoorte Caves</a> & <a href="/facts/La_Brea_Tar_Pits/rHp9SlkC">La Brea Tar Pits</a>. </p>