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Arietites

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Translingual

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Arietites bucklandi.

Etymology

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Latin ariēs (“ram, male sheep”) +‎ -ites m, upon the ammonites' resemblance to rams' horns.

Proper noun

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†Arietites m

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Arietitidae – certain ammonites.

See also

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