Meanings
- uncountablebiologyThe scientific study of ammonites.
Since the early times of the Hungarian geology, a special attention was dedicated to the Jurassic biostratigraphy and ammonitology.
1996, A. C. Riccardi, editor, Advances in Jurassic Research, page 1872 more examples
The elaborate resulting nomenclature (taxonomy) is admittedly cumbersome. Unfortunately this aspect of ammonitology turns many away from an exciting and fruitful field of research.
1984, Edward T. Tozer, The Trias and Its Ammonoids The Evolution of a Time Scale, page 23Ammonitology was a bastion of documentation during the heyday of recapitulation, and therefore became the great hunting ground for a claim about frequent paedomorphosis when fashions shifted.
1988, Stephen J. Gould, “The Uses of Heterochrony”, in Michael L. McKinney, editor, Heterochrony in Evolution: A Multidisciplinary Approach, page 9
Origin
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