Lagerstätten

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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.