Definition
An extinct marine animal with a coiled shell, related to modern squid and octopuses, that lived from about 240 million to 66 million years ago.
Etymology
From ammon- (from the Egyptian god Ammon, whose curved horn resembled the spiral shells) + -oid (Greek -oides, meaning 'resembling'). The coiled shells were thought to resemble the ram horns of Ammon, hence the name, which was then formalized in scientific nomenclature.
Kelly Says
Ammonites are one of the best fossils for dating rocks because they evolved rapidly and lived everywhere in ancient oceans—geologists can pin down exactly when a layer of rock formed just by finding the right ammonoid fossils in it. They're like nature's calendar!
Translations
AMአማርኛ
አምሞ NOIት
am-mo-no-it
ARالعربية
أمونيت
am-moh-neht
BNবাংলা
অমোনয়েড
am-oh-no-yed
CACatalà
ammonita
am-moh-nee-ta
CSČeština
ammonit
am-moh-nit
DADansk
ammonit
am-moh-nit
DEDeutsch
Ammonit
am-moh-neht
ELΕλληνικά
αμμονοειδές
am-mo-no-i-des
ESEspañol
ammonita
am-moh-nee-tah
FISuomi
ammonite
am-moh-nee-te
FRFrançais
ammonite
am-moh-neht
HAHA
ammonite
am-moh-nite
HEעברית
אמוניט
am-moh-nit
HIहिन्दी
अमोनोइड
am-oh-noy-d
HUMagyar
ammonit
am-moh-nit
IDBahasa Indonesia
ammonit
am-moh-nit
IGIG
ammonite
am-moh-nite
ITItaliano
ammonite
am-moh-nee-teh
KO한국어
암모나이트
am-mo-na-i-teu
MSBahasa Melayu
ammonit
am-moh-nit
MYမြန်မာ
အမွန်ိုင်
a-mwo-n-ng
NLNederlands
ammoniet
am-moh-nee-et
NONorsk
ammonitt
am-moh-nit
PLPolski
ammonit
am-moh-nit
PTPortuguês
ammonita
am-moh-nee-tah
RORomână
ammonit
am-moh-nit
RUРусский
аммонит
am-mo-nit
SVSvenska
ammonit
am-moh-nit
SWKiswahili
ammonite
am-moh-nite
TAதமிழ்
அம்மோனாய்டு
am-mo-na-ay-du
TEతెలుగు
అమోనాయిడ్
a-mo-na-i-d
TRTürkçe
ammonit
am-moh-nit
UKУкраїнська
аммоніт
am-mo-nit
URاردو
امونائٹ
am-moh-na-it
VITiếng Việt
ammonit
am-moh-nit
YOYO
ammonite
am-moh-nite
ZUZU
ammonite
am-moh-nite