nummulite
a fossil foraminifer of the genus Camerina (Nummulites), having a calcareous, usually disklike shell.
Origin of nummulite
1Other words from nummulite
- num·mu·lit·ic [nuhm-yuh-lit-ik], /ˌnʌm yəˈlɪt ɪk/, adjective
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How to use nummulite in a sentence
The nummulite limestone was undoubtedly oceanic, and the other shells contained in it are marine species.
The Story of the Earth and Man | J. W. DawsonThe Eocene includes a series of sandstones and marls with lignite, and these are overlaid by nummulite limestones.
The beds are also sometimes named nummulite limestone, Miliolite limestone, and Cerithium limestone.
The World Before the Deluge | Louis FiguierIn a stratum just above these are numbers of a large nummulite (Nummulites lævigatus).
The Geological Story of the Isle of Wight | J. Cecil HughesThe tertiary nummulite limestone, so abundant in Egypt, has not hitherto been met with in Nubia.
British Dictionary definitions for nummulite
/ (ˈnʌmjʊˌlaɪt) /
any of various large fossil protozoans of the family Nummulitidae, common in Tertiary times: phylum Foraminifera (foraminifers)
Origin of nummulite
1Derived forms of nummulite
- nummulitic (ˌnʌmjʊˈlɪtɪk), adjective
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