Rhynchonella
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Rhynchonella is a noun meaning (zoology) Any member of the extinct genus †Rhynchonella of brachiopod, found in Silurian to Eocene strata worldwide.
Meaning
(zoology) Any member of the extinct genus †Rhynchonella of brachiopod, found in Silurian to Eocene strata worldwide.
Example Sentences
Of the fossils which occur in great numbers, rhynchonellas, spirifers, and encrinites are common.
One of the most important of recent discoveries is that of the rhynchonella fossil in tubicolar sandstones at the Thistle Mine near Lorinna.
The material from Mejdel Shems includes a few pyritized ammonites (Nos. 5336-5339) and a couple of non-pyritized rhynchonellas (Nos. 5340-5341), all of Jurassic age.
It is quite possible that the Maine rhynchonellas described as R. aspasia by Billings were descended from some one of these earlier rhynchonellas not yet separated into special (literary) groups.
Word Forms
- rhynchonellas
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include rhynchonellid, rhynchonelliform, rhynchocoelan, rhynchocinetid, rhynchopid, rhynchodipterid.
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