A group of fossils preserved together in one location, representing an arbitrary accumulation that occurred after the death of the organisms; a thanatocoenosis; contrasted with life assemblage.
Origin
1950s; earliest use found in American Journal of Science.
Definition of death assemblage in US English:
death assemblage
noun
A group of fossils preserved together in one location, representing an arbitrary accumulation that occurred after the death of the organisms; a thanatocoenosis; contrasted with life assemblage.
Origin
1950s; earliest use found in American Journal of Science.