Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A fossil ammonitoid cephalopod, the shells of which occur in the cretaceous and greensand formations, and which belongs to the genus Turrilites or a related form.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Paleon.) Any fossil ammonite of the genus Turrilites. The shell forms an open spiral with the later whorls separate.
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- noun paleontology Any
fossil ammonite of thegenus Turrilites. Theshell forms an openspiral with the laterwhorls separate.
Etymologies
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Latin turris tower + -lite.
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Examples
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Similar evidences of design appear in the other extinct molluscs peculiar to these geologic ages, such as the hamite and turrilite.
The Testimony of the Rocks or, Geology in Its Bearings on the Two Theologies, Natural and Revealed Hugh Miller 1829
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