Pinacoceras

noun

Pin·​a·​coc·​er·​as

ˌpinəˈkäsərəs

: a genus (the type of the family Pinacoceratidae) of compressed involute ammonites with the most highly complicated suture known

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from pinac- + -ceras

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