Definition of Carpolite. Meaning of Carpolite. Synonyms of Carpolite

Here you will find one or more explanations in English for the word Carpolite. Also in the bottom left of the page several parts of wikipedia pages related to the word Carpolite and, of course, Carpolite synonyms and on the right images related to the word Carpolite.

Definition of Carpolite

Carpolite
Carpolite Car"po*lite (k[add]r"p[-o]*l[imac]t), n. [Gr. karpo`s fruit + -lite, cf. F. carpolithe.] A general term for a fossil fruit, nut, or seed.

Meaning of Carpolite from wikipedia

- carpolite in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Carpolite may refer to: Carpolite in paleontology refers to a fossilized fruit, nut, or seed Carpolite in...
- "Carpolithes" by Ernst Friedrich, Baron von Schlotheim in 1820. The term "Carpolites" was adopted by Kaspar Maria von Sternberg in 1825. Early fossil genera...
- phylogenetic placement. The type species is Bamfordphyllum cr****ivena. Carpolites pliocucurbitinus Nom. nov Valid Martinetto Pliocene to Pleistocene (Zanclean...
- Cariniana. Carpolites drupifera Sp. nov Valid Kowalski Middle Miocene  Poland A fossil fruit of uncertain phylogenetic placement. Carpolites lubstovensis...