Ammonite (disambiguation)
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Ammonite
Ammonite
Ammonite, as a zoological or paleontological term, refers to any member of the Ammonoidea an extinct subclass within the Molluscan class Cephalopoda which are more closely related to living coleoids Ammonite, as a zoological or paleontological term, refers to any member of the Ammonoidea an extinct...

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are an extinct group of marine animals.

Ammonite may also refer to:
  • Ammonite (novel)
    Ammonite (novel)
    Ammonite is Nicola Griffith's first novel, published in 1992 . It won both the Lambda Literary Award for LGBT fiction, and the James Tiptree, Jr...

  • Amatol#Ammonite, an explosive substance
  • Ammon (nation), a people of the ancient Levant, mentioned in the Bible, or their Ammonite language
    Ammonite language
    The Ammonite language is the extinct Canaanite language of the Ammonite people mentioned in the Bible, who used to live in modern-day Jordan, and after whom its capital Amman is named. Only fragments of their language survive - chiefly the 9th century BC , the 7th-6th century BC Tell Siran bronze...

  • Ammonites (Book of Mormon)
    Ammonites (Book of Mormon)
    According to the Book of Mormon, the Ammonites were a group of Lamanites who had been converted to the Christian religion of the Nephites by the missionary efforts of Ammon and his brothers. They rejected the traditions of their fathers and embraced the traditions of the Nephites. To distinguish...

    , a people from the Book of Mormon
  • Ammonite Order
    Ammonite Order
    The Ammonite Order is an architectural order that features fluted columns and capitals with volutes shaped to resemble fossil ammonites. The style was invented by George Dance and first used on John Boydell's Shakespeare Gallery in Pall Mall, London in 1789 .Ammonite motifs were also used on...

    , an architectural order featuring ammonite-shaped capitals
    Capital (architecture)
    In architecture the capital forms the topmost member of a column . It mediates between the column and the load thrusting down upon it, broadening the area of the column's supporting surface...


See also

  • Amun
    Amun
    Amun, reconstructed Egyptian Yamānu , was a god in Egyptian mythology who in the form of Amun-Ra became the focus of the most complex system of theology in Ancient Egypt...

    (also Ammon), the ancient Egyptian god after whom some of the above are named
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