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Definition of ammonoid in English: ammonoidnounˈamənɔɪdˈaməˌnoid An extinct cephalopod mollusc with a flat-coiled spiral shell, found commonly as a fossil in marine deposits from the Devonian to the Cretaceous periods. 菊石 Subclass Ammonoidea, class Cephalopoda: numerous families. See ammonite, ceratite, and goniatite Example sentencesExamples - In these periods, the ammonoids became extremely diverse, but comparatively little is known about their Early and Middle Viséan ancestry.
- In the Lower Devonian, ammonoids appeared, leaving us large limestone deposits from their shells.
- Most of these are from swimming organisms, such as ammonoids and nautiloid mollusks that lived just above the deep seafloor.
- The Triassic ammonoids represent the phylogenetic bridge between Paleozoic and Jurassic ammonoids.
- According to these studies, allometric growth is particularly common in Carboniferous and Permian ammonoids.
adjectiveˈamənɔɪdˈaməˌnoid Relating to the ammonoids. （与）菊石（有关）的 Example sentencesExamples - They are known to occur in abundance at only a few localities around the world and are entirely absent from some classic, highly diverse Permian ammonoid localities, such as the Urals in Russia and Kazakhstan.
- In summary, clymeniids fell well within the general range of Paleozoic ammonoid geometries, though most members of the Clymeniida tended toward an openly coiled shell with a low expansion rate.
- The late Viséan was therefore the time in which the major Carboniferous ammonoid provinces were separated.
- This study, which represents part of my Ph.D. thesis, could not have been performed without the thorough taxonomic work carried out by many Triassic ammonoid systematists that has provided the basis for this study.
- Curiously, other Cisuralian ammonoid localities in Nevada have yielded abundant ammonoids but no additional representatives of Uraloceras.
OriginMid 19th century: from modern Latin Ammonoidea, based on Ammon (see ammonite). Definition of ammonoid in US English: ammonoidnounˈaməˌnoid An extinct cephalopod mollusk with a flat-coiled spiral shell, found commonly as a fossil in marine deposits from the Devonian to the Cretaceous periods. 菊石 Subclass Ammonoidea, class Cephalopoda: numerous families. See ammonite, ceratite, and goniatite Example sentencesExamples - According to these studies, allometric growth is particularly common in Carboniferous and Permian ammonoids.
- In these periods, the ammonoids became extremely diverse, but comparatively little is known about their Early and Middle Viséan ancestry.
- In the Lower Devonian, ammonoids appeared, leaving us large limestone deposits from their shells.
- The Triassic ammonoids represent the phylogenetic bridge between Paleozoic and Jurassic ammonoids.
- Most of these are from swimming organisms, such as ammonoids and nautiloid mollusks that lived just above the deep seafloor.
adjectiveˈaməˌnoid Relating to the ammonoids. （与）菊石（有关）的 Example sentencesExamples - This study, which represents part of my Ph.D. thesis, could not have been performed without the thorough taxonomic work carried out by many Triassic ammonoid systematists that has provided the basis for this study.
- Curiously, other Cisuralian ammonoid localities in Nevada have yielded abundant ammonoids but no additional representatives of Uraloceras.
- In summary, clymeniids fell well within the general range of Paleozoic ammonoid geometries, though most members of the Clymeniida tended toward an openly coiled shell with a low expansion rate.
- The late Viséan was therefore the time in which the major Carboniferous ammonoid provinces were separated.
- They are known to occur in abundance at only a few localities around the world and are entirely absent from some classic, highly diverse Permian ammonoid localities, such as the Urals in Russia and Kazakhstan.
OriginMid 19th century: from modern Latin Ammonoidea, based on Ammon (see ammonite). |