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Webster 1913 Edition

(lĭt′u-ī̍t; 135)

Noun.

[See

(Paleon.)

Any species of ammonites of the genus

Lituites

. They are found in the Cretaceous formation.

Noun.

A fossil shell.

a typical lituite - Lituites lituus

lituite ‎(plural lituites)

(paleontology) Any ammonite of the genus Lituites, found in the Cretaceous formation.