Ammonites

Word AMMONITES
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Definitions and meanings of "Ammonites"

What do we mean by ammonites?

Any of an extinct group of cephalopods of the subclass Ammonoidea; a fossil shell of such an animal.

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The word "ammonites" in example sentences

The chambered shells called ammonites and belemnites, which are so characteristic of the period preceding the cretaceous, in like manner die with it. ❋ Unknown (2003)

The rocks where I lived didn't contain dinosaur bones because they were laid down in rather deep sea, but they contained called ammonites and belemnites, which were a sort of shellfish, and one was a shellfish, the other was a squid-like creature. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Also beautiful jasper and fossils such as ammonites and belemnites. ❋ C. B. Black (N/A)

He observed that some fossils, "such as ammonites, gryphites, belemnites, and other shells, are either of unknown species or found only in the Indian and other distant seas" (Lyell's _Principles_). ❋ Unknown (1872)

Outright fakes — including faux ammonites from Morocco and dinosaur eggs from Mongolia — abound, especially online. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Hmm. Ammonites always sound like ancient enemies of the Hebrews; but why did ammonites and dinos go extinct en masse while frogs and mammals came through fine? ❋ M_francis (2009)

The displays in the Rincón Colorado museum reveal the wide diversity of fauna that once thrived in this area, including fish, turtles, crocodiles, sharks, bivalves, gastropods, ammonites as well as a considerable variety of flora, as shown by tell-tale signs of at least nine different kinds of fruit. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Believe it or not, I managed to finish this today - the coloured ammonites were easy enough to get done, but then I needed to fill in between them (in black) and this of course took much longer. ❋ Katelnorth (2008)

It's been hanging around for a while, waiting for me to work out what I wanted to do with it, but today I decided that the quilt top was highly suitable for Sharon and after a lot of thought (this morning during quilt group, and so on) decided finally to quilt it with "toothed ammonites", a la Dijanne Cevaal, in a variety of coloured threads. ❋ Katelnorth (2008)

The familiar spiralled ammonites bounced back surprisingly fast. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Here was once shallow seawater, teeming with spirally little ammonites dutifully dying, falling into mud and getting lithified into cute fossils. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The mountain has some protohistoric archaeological interest as stone tools and chippings hewn from ammonites have been discovered in a rock shelter at Blandé at the northern end. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Even the number of species of ocean-going ammonites declined for millions of years before the final catastrophe. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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