belemnite battlefield

belemnite battlefield

In paleontology, an area containing a high concentration of fossilized belemnitida) an extinct order of cephalopods that existed in the Mesozoic era. I was lucky in my first year as a professional paleontologist to stumble upon a huge, undiscovered belemnite battlefield.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • put the genie back in the bottle
  • missing link
  • red-light district
  • the red-light district
  • district
  • go the way of the dinosaur(s)
  • coffee table book
  • coffee-table book
  • come down to us
  • lost in the mists of time