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Meaning of "ammonoid" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF AMMONOID

ˈæməˌnɔɪd


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF AMMONOID

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Ammonoid is a noun.
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WHAT DOES AMMONOID MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Ammonoidea

Ammonites /ˈæmənaɪts/ are an extinct group of marine invertebrate animals in the subclass Ammonoidea of the class Cephalopoda. These molluscs are more closely related to living coleoids than they are to shelled nautiloids such as the living Nautilus species. The earliest ammonites appear during the Devonian, and the last species died out during the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event. Ammonites are excellent index fossils, and it is often possible to link the rock layer in which a particular species or genus is found to specific geological time periods. Their fossil shells usually take the form of planispirals, although there were some helically spiraled and nonspiraled forms. The name "ammonite", from which the scientific term is derived, was inspired by the spiral shape of their fossilized shells, which somewhat resemble tightly coiled rams' horns. Pliny the Elder called fossils of these animals ammonis cornua because the Egyptian god Ammon was typically depicted wearing ram's horns. Often the name of an ammonite genus ends in -ceras, which is Greek for "horn".

Definition of ammonoid in the English dictionary

The definition of ammonoid in the dictionary is any of the extinct group of sea-dwelling cephalopod molluscs with coiled and chambered shells.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH AMMONOID

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE AMMONOID

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WORDS THAT END LIKE AMMONOID

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Synonyms and antonyms of ammonoid in the English dictionary of synonyms

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菊石
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amonoide
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аммоноидей
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ammonoïde
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Ammonoideen
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アンモナイト
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अमोनॉइड
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Ammonoidea
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about ammonoid

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «AMMONOID»

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Ammonoid Paleobiology
The book begins with a description of the systematic position of the Ammonoidea within the Cephalopoda, providing the phylogenetic framework for the rest of the book.
Neil H. Landman, Kazushige Tanabe, Richard Arnold Davis, 1996
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Smithian (early Triassic) ammonoid faunas from northwestern ...
The highly fossiliferous succession of Smithian (Early Triassic) ammonoids from northwestern Guangxi (South China) provides a key equatorial record, at the boundary between Tethys and Panthalassa.
Arnaud Brayard, Hugo Bucher, 2008
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Late Mississippian (Arnsbergian Stage-E2 Chronozone) ...
Arnsbergian ammonoid biofacies in the AFB are instead dominated by gnathodids such as Gnathodus girtyi Hass and G. bilineatus (Roundy), which are longer ranging and of less biostrati- graphic value than the ammonoids. Key sections for ...
Alan Lee Titus, 2000
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The Triassic Timescale
Triassic ammonoid biostratigraphy: an overview MARCO BALINI1*, SPENCER G. LUCAS2, JAMES F. JENKS3 & JUSTIN A. SPIELMANN2 Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra "A. Desio", Via Mangiagalli 34, 20133, Milano, Italy "New Mexico ...
Spencer G. Lucas, 2010
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Permo-Triassic Events in the Eastern Tethys: Stratigraphy, ...
A rich ammonoid fauna of 17 species, including Pseudogastrioceras gigantum Zhao, Pseudostephanites meishanensis Yang & Huo, and Tapashanites spp. , as well as conodonts of the Neogondolella subcarinata Zone occur in the same ...
Walter C. Sweet, 1992
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Fossils and Strata, Smithian (Early Triassic) ammonoid ...
The highly fossiliferous succession of Smithian (Early Triassic) ammonoids from northwestern Guangxi (South China) provides a key equatorial record, at the boundary between Tethys and Panthalassa.
Arnaud Brayard, Hugo Bucher, 2009
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Patterns of evolution, as illustrated by the fossil record
In this essay, I have attempted firstly to outline the major features of ammonoid evolution, to place the group in context; thereafter I discuss various evolutionary patterns displayed by the group, including examples of lineage studies, ...
A. Hallam, 1977
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Mass Extinction
8.4.3 Ammonoids Biostratigraphic recognition (and definition) of the TJB has long been based on a clear change in the ammonoid fauna from the diverse and ornamented ceratites and their peculiar heteromorphs of the Late Triassic to the less ...
Ashraf M.T. Elewa, 2007
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Skeletal Biomineralization: Pattern, Processes, and ...
The peculiarities of evolution of the ammonoid shell microstructure show them to be more conservative than some foraminifer and brachiopod groups. The carbonate part of the shell, apparently in all adult ammonoids, consists of three layers ...
Joseph G. Carter, 1990
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Cretaceous Environments of Asia
As mentioned earlier, in the upper Cenomanian the ammonoid species diversity in Japan dropped to as low as 15, similar to OAE 1 a and lc (Figure 1). At this time , the rate of extinction is 0.51, which is lower than those of OAE 1, but the rate of ...
H. Okada, N.-J. Mateer, 2000

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «AMMONOID»

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In Search of Svalbard Sea Monsters
Issues like the high organic content in the sediment and abundant trace fossils (Thalassinoides), ammonoid biostratigraphy and a rich benthic ... «National Geographic, Sep 14»
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Fossil hunter to discuss Iowa's ancient tropical seaway at annual show
... also discovered fossils of Iowa's oldest known ammonoid cephalopod, Tornoceras iowanese, and several species of cephalopods that are ... «Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier, Apr 13»
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Oldest Spider Crabs Discovered in Fossil Reef
Last year, Klompmaker reported finding fossils of tiny lobsters huddled together in the seashell of an extinct mollusk known as an ammonoid. «Discovery News, Feb 13»
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New research highlights influence of intraspecific variability on …
Dr De Baets said: “It took more than three years to collect and prepare around 100 Devonian ammonoid specimens from the same geological ... «University of Bristol, Jan 13»
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Ups and Downs in Biodiversity After Mass Extinction
Through the climatic changes, conodont and ammonoid faunae were initially able to recover very quickly during the Early Triassic as unusually ... «Astrobiology Magazine, Dec 12»
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The Secret of Ammonoid Success
De Baets and co-authors hint that ammonoid success may have been ... Gravid females of the earliest ammonoid species probably had only a ... «Wired News, May 12»
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Why Ammonoids Were Lost During the Last Extinction
A class of marine cephalopods called Ammonoids, or ammonites, was destroyed during the last mass extinction event, after previously ... «Softpedia, Apr 12»
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The End of Ammonoids
As the scientists have now discovered, the shell change also affected the ammonoid embryos. "In the oldest ammonoids, the embryonic shells ... «Astrobiology Magazine, Apr 12»
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Prehistoric Lobsters Made Homes of Ancient Ammonoid Shells
Caption: Lobsters inside an ammonoid shell. The complete fossil is at left, and the line drawing at right shows the location and position of the ... «Wired News, Mar 12»
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Ammonoids Trapped Parasites in Pearls
Two specimens of the ammonoid Sellanarcestes collected from Morocco. The white arrows mark the presence of Housian pits. From De Baets ... «Wired News, Feb 12»
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