"Galerite" is a word in ENGLISH

A cephalopod of the extinct genus Baculites, found fossil in the Cretaceous rocks. It is like an uncoiled ammonite.

A conical calcareous fossil, tapering to a point at the lower extremity, with a conical cavity at the other end, …

A subdivision of the cretaceous formation of western North America, especially developed in Colorado and the upper Missouri region.

Having the qualities of chalk; abounding with chalk; chalky; as, cretaceous rocks and formations. See Chalk.

In a chalky manner; as chalk.

Chalky; cretaceous.

A subdivision at the base of the cretaceous formation in Western North America; -- so named from the region where …

An extinct, long-necked, marine, cretaceous reptile from Kansas, allied to Plesiosaurus.

A genus of extinct Cretaceous fishes; -- so named from their spear-shaped teeth. They were allied to the pike (Esox).

A genus of Cretaceous fossil shells allied to oysters.

A series of beds of clay and marl in the South of England, between the upper and lower greensand of …

A genus of cretaceous fossil shells allied to the oyster.

An American herbivorous dinosaur of great size, allied to the iguanodon. It is found in the Cretaceous formation.

A genus of large, extinct, wingless birds from the Cretaceous deposits of Kansas, belonging to the Odontornithes. They had teeth, …

A fossil bivalve mollusk of the genus Hippurites, of many species, having a conical, cup-shaped under valve, with a flattish …

An extinct genus of toothed birds found in the American Cretaceous formation. It is remarkable for having biconcave vertebrae, and …

An extinct order of marine reptiles, including Ichthyosaurus and allied forms; -- called also Ichthyopterygia. They have not been found …

An extinct genus of marine reptiles; -- so named from their short, biconcave vertebrae, resembling those of fishes. Several species, …

An extinct genus of large, fossil, bivalve shells,allied to the mussels. The genus is characteristic of the Cretaceous period.

A genus of huge, carnivorous, dinosaurian reptiles from the Cretaceous formation of the United States. They had very large hind …