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A fossil rush.

One of the fossil Coniferæ, evidently allied to the juniper.

The fossil resin of the kauri tree of New Zealand.

A genus of very large fossil amphibians, of the Triassic period, having bony plates on the under side of the body. It is the type of the order Labyrinthodonta. Called also Mastodonsaurus.

A broad-leafed fossil alga.

The act or process of lapidifying; fossilization; petrifaction.

A genus of fossil trees of the Devonian and Carboniferous ages, having the exterior marked with scars, mostly in quincunx order, produced by the separation of the leafstalks.

l (Bot.), a plant of the genus Narcissus, and its flower. -- Lily encrinite (Paleon.), a fossil encrinite, esp. Encrinus liliiformis. See Encrinite. -- Lily hyacinth (Bot.), a plant of the genus Hyacinthus. -- Lily iron, a kind of harpoon with a detachable head of peculiar shape, used in capturing swordfish. -- Lil…

der of Merostomata, including among living animals the genus Limulus, with various allied fossil genera, mostly of the Carboniferous period. Called also Xiphosura.

Fossil fruit; a fruit petrified; a carpolite.

A fossil leaf or impression of a leaf.

The sparingly fossiliferous conglomerates, grits, schists, and states of Great Britain, which lie at the base of the Cambrian system; -- so called, because typically developed in the Longmynd Hills, Shropshire.

A grayish brown limestone, containing fossil shells, which reflect a beautiful play of colors. It is also called fire marble, from its fiery reflections.

An old name for a fossil club moss.

A fossil coral.

A fossil crinoid of the genus Marsupites, resembling a purse in form.

A gigantic carnivorous dinosaur, whose fossil remains have been found in England and elsewhere.

A fossil shell of, or similar to, the genus Miliola.

A fossil millepore.

A fossil fish.