Nummulite

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A protozoan from the Tertiary period, known only as fossils.
  2. 2
    large fossil protozoan of the Tertiary period wordnet

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biozone markerforaminiferforaminiferanfossiliferous limestoneindex fossilindicator fossil

Etymology

From French nummulite, and its source, Latin nummulus (“little coin”); and from scientific Latin Nummulites (genus name).

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