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Tichorrhine :: Tichorrhine (n.) A fossil rhinoceros with a vertical bony medial septum supporting the nose; the hairy rhinoceros.

Fossiliferous :: Fossiliferous (a.) Containing or composed of fossils.

Ventriculite :: Ventriculite (n.) Any one of numerous species of siliceous fossil sponges belonging to Ventriculites and allied genera, characteristic of the Cretaceous period..

Fossilize :: Fossilize (v. t.) To cause to become antiquated, rigid, or fixed, as by fossilization; to mummify; to deaden..

Rotalite :: Rotalite (n.) Any fossil foraminifer of the genus Rotalia, abundant in the chalk formation. See Illust. under Rhizopod..

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

Cauda Galli :: Cauda galli () A plume-shaped fossil, supposed to be a seaweed, characteristic of the lower Devonian rocks; as, the cauda galli grit..

Zamite :: Zamite (n.) A fossil cycad of the genus Zamia.

Lapidification :: Lapidification (n.) The act or process of lapidifying; fossilization; petrifaction.

Fossilist :: Fossilist (n.) One who is versed in the science of fossils; a paleontologist.

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

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

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

Notornis :: Notornis (n.) A genus of birds allied to the gallinules, but having rudimentary wings and incapable of flight. Notornis Mantelli was first known as a fossil bird of New Zealand, but subsequently a few individuals were found living on the southern island. It is supposed to be now nearly or quite extinct..

Nidulite :: Nidulite (n.) A Silurian fossil, formerly supposed to consist of eggs..

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

Tillodontia :: Tillodontia (n. pl.) An extinct group of Mammalia found fossil in the Eocene formation. The species are related to the carnivores, ungulates, and rodents. Called also Tillodonta..

Fossil :: Fossil (n.) A person whose views and opinions are extremely antiquated; one whose sympathies are with a former time rather than with the present.

Fungite :: Fungite (n.) A fossil coral resembling Fungia.

Ammonitiferous :: Ammonitiferous (a.) Containing fossil ammonites.

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