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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..

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

Carpolite :: Carpolite (n.) A general term for a fossil fruit, nut, or seed..

Palmacite :: Palmacite (n.) A fossil palm.

Blastoidea :: Blastoidea (n. pl.) One of the divisions of Crinoidea found fossil in paleozoic rocks; pentremites. They are so named on account of their budlike form.

Ichthyolite :: Ichthyolite (n.) A fossil fish, or fragment of a fish..

Hatteria :: Hatteria (n.) A New Zealand lizard, which, in anatomical character, differs widely from all other existing lizards. It is the only living representative of the order Rhynchocephala, of which many Mesozoic fossil species are known; -- called also Sphenodon, and Tuatera..

Galerite :: Galerite (n.) A cretaceous fossil sea urchin of the genus Galerites.

Paleontographical :: Paleontographical (a.) Of or pertaining to the description of fossil remains.

Crinoidea :: Crinoidea (n. pl.) A large class of Echinodermata, including numerous extinct families and genera, but comparatively few living ones. Most of the fossil species, like some that are recent, were attached by a jointed stem. See Blastoidea, Cystoidea, Comatula..

Heliolite :: Heliolite (n.) A fossil coral of the genus Heliolites, having twelve-rayed cells. It is found in the Silurian rocks..

Ornithoidichnite :: Ornithoidichnite (n.) A fossil track resembling that of a bird.

Parkeria :: Parkeria (n.) A genus of large arenaceous fossil Foraminifera found in the Cretaceous rocks. The species are globular, or nearly so, and are of all sizes up to that of a tennis ball..

Ichnite :: Ichnite (n.) A fossil footprint; as, the ichnites in the Triassic sandstone..

Thunderfish :: Thunderfish (n.) A large European loach (Misgurnus fossilis).

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

Miliolite :: Miliolite (n.) A fossil shell of, or similar to, the genus Miliola..

Stegosauria :: Stegocephala (n. pl.) An extinct order of amphibians found fossil in the Mesozoic rocks; called also Stegocephali, and Labyrinthodonta..

Entrochite :: Entrochite (n.) A fossil joint of a crinoid stem.

Juncite :: Juncite (n.) A fossil rush.

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