ammonitology

English

Etymology

From ammonite +‎ -ology.

Noun

ammonitology (uncountable)

  1. (paleontology) The scientific study of ammonites.
    • 1984, Edward T. Tozer, The Trias and Its Ammonoids The Evolution of a Time Scale‎[1], page 23:
      The elaborate resulting nomenclature (taxonomy) is admittedly cumbersome. Unfortunately this aspect of ammonitology turns many away from an exciting and fruitful field of research.
    • 1988, Stephen J. Gould, “The Uses of Heterochrony”, in Michael L. McKinney, editor, Heterochrony in Evolution: A Multidisciplinary Approach‎[2], page 9:
      Ammonitology 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.
    • 1996, A. C. Riccardi, editor, Advances in Jurassic Research‎[3], page 187:
      Since the early times of the Hungarian geology, a special attention was dedicated to the Jurassic biostratigraphy and ammonitology.
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