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ammonite
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am·mo·nite
/ ˈaməˌnīt/
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an ammonoid that belongs to the order Ammonitida, typically having elaborately frilled suture lines.
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Ammonite jaw apparatuses from the Sinemurian (Lower Jurassic) of Dorset and their taphonomic relevance
Magazine article from: Journal of the Geological Society; 1/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...layer. Keywords: Ammonites, Lower Jurassic...beautifully preserved ammonite faunas of the Lower...applied to Jurassic ammonites they show that, for the most part, ammonite fossil assemblages...figure a selection of ammonite anaptychi from these...and eoderoceratid ammonites. In ...
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AMMONITE: Fractal Gem.(Gem Profile)
Magazine article from: Modern Jeweler; 8/1/2008; 700+ words
; ...million years was the ammonite, a predecessor of the...In recent years, ammonites have become probably...to lift or lower the ammonite to a precise depth for feeding. No wonder the ammonite is prized as one of...intelligent life. Once ammonites died and were buried...
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Archaeologically recovered ammonites: Evidence for long-term continuity in Nitsitapii ritual
Magazine article from: Plains Anthropologist; 5/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...Keywords: ammonite, Iniskim, Old...buffalo stone Ammonites are any of the...correlation. Ammonites In life, an ammonite would have consisted...chamber of the ammonite shell. The closest...relatives of ammonites include cuttlefish...
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NEW UPPER TITHONIAN (JURASSIC) AMMONITES FROM THE CHINAMECA FORMATION IN SOUTHERN VERACRUZ, EASTERN MEXICO
Magazine article from: Journal of Paleontology; 3/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...biostratigraphically significant ammonite in the Chinameca...The Chinameca ammonites have affinities...extract rock. The ammonite collection described...Lower Cretaceous ammonites have emphasized...for incomplete ammonites (Cecca and Enay...studies have proposed ammonite ...
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Recurrences of hypotheses about ammonites and Argonauta
Magazine article from: Journal of Paleontology; 7/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...2002). His nude-ammonites-became-octopods...shell to replace the ammonite shells when they were...nourishment for the (a) ammonite brood, or (b) nude...other octopods are nude ammonites. It is superfluous...light of contemporary ammonite ecology (e.g...
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United States: Ammonite Energy Ltd. Announces Q2 2009 Unaudited Financial and Operating Results.(Financial report)
News Wire article from: TendersInfo; 8/29/2009; 700+ words
; Byline: pinto03 Ammonite Energy Ltd. ("Ammonite" or the "Company") announces unaudited financial and...the three months ended June 30, 2009. The full text of Ammonite's unaudited financial statements for the three months ended...
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AMMONITE EXPANDS ITS SERVICES TO INCLUDE EXPLORATION FINANCING
Magazine article from: Hart's Petroleum Finance Week; 1/6/2003; 599 words
; Beginning this year, Ammonite Resources--a long-established...capital for exploration projects. Ammonite will work with companies trying to...up to $100 million or more. Ammonite is comfortable with evaluating exploration...
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Ammonite fossil portrayed on an ancient Greek countermarked coin.(Research)(Author abstract)
Magazine article from: Antiquity; 12/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; Introduction Ammonites are fossils of an extinct...collected and engraved ammonite fossils 25 000 years...the identification of ammonite fossils with the horns...have made reference to ammonite fossils in his description...ophites is as fossil ammonites. The provenance of...
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New, biostratigraphically significant ammonites from the Jurassic Fernie Formation, southern Canadian Rocky Mountains.
Magazine article from: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences; 5/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...limestones. These strata contain ammonites and intercalated bentonites...member) by using the contained ammonites. The constituent members...WCSB, and the recognized ammonite biozones, have been shown...Deen et al. (2004). The ammonites described and illustrated...
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Ancient Near Eastern Texts and Studies, vol. 4, A Corpus of Ammonite Inscriptions.
Magazine article from: The Journal of the American Oriental Society; 7/1/1992; ; 700+ words
; The inventory of Ammonite inscriptions is steadily growing. In 1983 Kent P. Jackson published The Ammonite Language of the iron Age (Chico, California...and criteria for its identification as Ammonite. The introduction gives basic information...
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ammonite
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
ammonite , one of a type of extinct marine cephalopod...interiors of nautilus shells, the chambers of ammonite shells display intricately shaped septa...Mesozoic era, about 200 million years ago. Ammonites are classified in the phylum Mollusca...
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Ammonites
Book article from: A Dictionary of the Bible
Ammonites Inhabitants of land east of the River Jordan (= modern state of Jordan...spite of victories by Saul (1 Sam. 11) and David (2 Sam. 12) the Ammonites survived, and enjoyed a prosperous century (the 7th BCE ), protected...
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Ammonite Order
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
Ammonite Order. Type of capital similar to the Ionic Order , first used 1788...resemblance to the Cornu Ammonis , or involuted horn of Jupiter Ammon. The Ammonite Order was used by the architect-developers Amon and Amon Henry Wilds...
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ammonites
Book article from: A Dictionary of Zoology
ammonites See AMMONOIDEA .
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Jurassic
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Earth
...parts of Europe. The ammonite fossils were everywhere...beneath and from the ammonites of the Cretaceous system...11 stages and over 70 ammonite zones in Britain. Virtually...nineteenth century that ammonites give by far the best...
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