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A nummulite is a large lenticular fossil, characterised by its numerous coils,'Nummulite', Tiscali Dictionary of Animals, retrieved 17 August 2004 subdivided by septa into chambers. They are the shells of the fossil and present-day marine Nummulites, a type of . Nummulites commonly vary in diameter from 1.3 cm (0.5 inches) to 5 cm (2 inches)Isquirth, Irwin Richard (2011). In The World Book Encyclopedia. print. and are common in Eocene to Miocene marine rocks, particularly around southwest Asia and the Mediterranean in the area that once constituted the Tethys Ocean, such as Eocene limestones from Egypt or from Pakistan. Fossils up to six inches wide are found in the Middle Eocene rocks of Turkey.'Biggest Microbes', Guinness World Records 2001, p. 153. They are valuable as .
The used nummulite shells as coins and the pyramids were constructed using limestone that contained nummulites.Kaplan, Sarah, Brilliance without a brain , Speaking of Science, The Washington Post, March 7, 2018Isquirth, Irwin Richard (2011). In The World Book Encyclopedia. print. It is not surprising then that the name Nummulites is a diminutive form of the Latin nummulus 'little coin', a reference to their shape.
In 1913, naturalist Randolph Kirkpatrick published a book, The Nummulosphere: an account of the Organic Origin of so-called Igneous Rocks and Abyssal Red Clays, proposing the unconventional theory that all rocks had been produced through the accumulation of forams such as Nummulites. ==Gallery==
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