Lagerstätten

Connected Sites: 11

WHS which are or contain a "Lagerstätte"

"Lagerstätte (plural Lagerstätten) is a German term that refers to a sedimentary layer with unusual occurrences of relatively well-preserved organic remains. These may consist of complete bodies or parts with soft tissues (Konservat-Lagerstätten) or densely concentrated skeletal remains (Konzentrat-Lagerstätten). Such occurrences have been the focus of much paleontological attention because of the wealth of information they provide on extinct organisms and also because deciphering the causes of exceptional preservation is intriguing science. These deposits reflect special circumstances of necrolysis, biostratinomy, and diagenesis that combined to preserve relatively intact organic remains, usually representing one time and place." (source). There is a comprehensive, but incomplete, list of such sites World-wide in Wiki but other sources with a reference linking a WHS to the term can be used as justification for the Connection.

Connected Sites

  • Mistaken Point
    Mistaken Point
    Canada
    Inscribed: 2016
    3.41
    38
    7
    "One Of The Most Diverse And Well-Preserved Collections Of Precambrian Fossils" (Wiki)
    See En.Wikipedia.Org
  • Chengjiang Fossil Site
    Chengjiang Fossil Site
    China
    Inscribed: 2012
    1.71
    40
    7
    Maotianshan Shales: "The Preservation Of An Extremely Diverse Faunal Assemblage Renders The Maotianshan Shale The World's Most Important For Understanding The Evolution Of Early Multi-Cellular Life." (Wiki)
    See En.Wikipedia.Org
  • Miguasha National Park
    Miguasha National Park
    Canada
    Inscribed: 1999
    2.44
    54
    5
    (Devonian) "Some Of The Fish, Fauna, And Spore Fossils Found At Miguasha Are Rare And Ancient Species" (Wiki)
    See En.Wikipedia.Org
  • Joggins Fossil Cliffs
    Joggins Fossil Cliffs
    Canada
    Inscribed: 2008
    2.77
    87
    8
    (Carboniferous) "A Fossil Site That Preserves A Diverse Terrestrial Ecosystem Consisting Of Plants Like Lycopsids, Giant Arthropods, Fish, And The Oldest Known Sauropsid, Hylonomus." (Wiki)
    See En.Wikipedia.Org
  • Messel Pit
    Messel Pit
    Germany
    Inscribed: 1995
    2.22
    214
    9
    (Paleogene) "A Fossil Site With Specimens Of Fish And Other Organisms That Are So Highly Preserved That Their Organs Are Often Completely Intact In Fossil Form, And Even The Skin Color Can Sometimes Be Determined." (Wiki)
    See En.Wikipedia.Org
  • Monte San Giorgio
    Monte San Giorgio
    Italy, Switzerland
    Inscribed: 2003
    2.25
    180
    5
    "The Most Importantfossil Lagerstätte Among Middle Triassic Marine Faunas Known Today" (Nom File)
  • Anticosti
    Anticosti
    Canada
    Inscribed: 2023
    2.13
    6
    2
    (Ordovician) Several References In The Nomination File "On A Identifié Les Plus Anciens Vers Rubanés, Ronds Et Plats Connus À Ce Jour Grâce À Une Préservation Exceptionnelle De Ces Petits Animaux À Corps Mou (Konservat-Lagerstätte)".
  • Lena Pillars
    Lena Pillars
    Russia
    Inscribed: 2012
    3.56
    9
    3
    Cambrian, Sinsk Algal Lens (Wiki) - “The Sinsk Biota Is The Only Cambrian Lagerstatte Occurring In Carbonates" (Nom File)
  • Ischigualasto / Talampaya
    Ischigualasto / Talampaya
    Argentina
    Inscribed: 2000
    3.63
    44
    7
    "The Ischigualasto Formation Is An Important Paleontological Unit, Considered A Konzentrat-Lagerstätte Due To Its Density Of Fossils" (Wiki)
  • Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks
    Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks
    Canada
    Inscribed: 1984
    4.42
    245
    9
    Burgess Shale "Famous For The Exceptional Preservation Of The Soft Parts Of Its Fossils. At 508 Million Years Old (Middle Cambrian), It Is One Of The Earliest Fossil Beds Containing Soft-Part Imprints." (Wiki)
    See En.Wikipedia.Org
  • Australian Fossil Mammal Sites
    Australian Fossil Mammal Sites
    Australia
    Inscribed: 1994
    2.86
    56
    7
    Riversleigh "Recognised For The Series Of Well Preserved Fossils Deposited From The Late Oligocene To The Miocene" And Naracoorte (Quaternary) "Series Of Caves That Preserve Numerous Pleistocene Megafauna, Like Thylacoleo" (Wiki)
    See En.Wikipedia.Org