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Laminarite :: Laminarite (n.) A broad-leafed fossil alga.

Monifier :: Monifier (n.) A fossil fish.

Ovulite :: Ovulite (n.) A fossil egg.

Fossilism :: Fossilism (n.) The science or state of fossils.

Aepyornis :: Aepyornis (n.) A gigantic bird found fossil in Madagascar.

Cork Fossil :: Cork fossil () A variety of amianthus which is very light, like cork..

Ammonitoidea :: Ammonitoidea (n. pl.) An extensive group of fossil cephalopods often very abundant in Mesozoic rocks. See Ammonite.

Astroite :: Astroite (n.) A radiated stone or fossil; star-stone.

Labyrinthodon :: Labyrinthodon (n.) A genus of very large fossil amphibians, of the Triassic period, having bony plates on the under side of the body. It is the type of the order Labyrinthodonta. Called also Mastodonsaurus..

Slit-shell :: Slit-shell (n.) Any species of Pleurotomaria, a genus of beautiful, pearly, spiral gastropod shells having a deep slit in the outer lip. Many fossil species are known, and a few living ones are found in deep water in tropical seas..

Fossil :: Fossil (n.) A substance dug from the earth.

Ichthyocoprolite :: Ichthyocoprolite (n.) Fossil dung of fishes.

Phytolithology :: Phytolithology (n.) The branch of science which treats of fossil plants; -- usually called paleobotany, sometimes paleophytology..

Teleosaur :: Teleosaur (n.) Any one of several species of fossil suarians belonging to Teleosaurus and allied genera. These reptiles are related to the crocodiles, but have biconcave vertebrae..

Balanite :: Balanite (n.) A fossil balanoid shell.

Arborization :: Arborization (n.) The appearance or figure of a tree or plant, as in minerals or fossils; a dendrite..

Longmynd Rocks :: Longmynd rocks () The sparingly fossiliferous conglomerates, grits, schists, and states of Great Britain, which lie at the base of the Cambrian system; -- so called, because typically developed in the Longmynd Hills, Shropshire..

Bellerophon :: Bellerophon (n.) A genus of fossil univalve shells, believed to belong to the Heteropoda, peculiar to the Paleozoic age..

Madreporite :: Madreporite (n.) A fossil coral.

Entomolite :: Entomolite (n.) A fossil insect.

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