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Conodonts (Gr**** kōnos, "cone", + odont, "tooth") are an
extinct group of
agnathan (jawless)
vertebrates resembling eels,
classified in the
class Conodonta...
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subphylum Vertebrata,
consisting of both
living (cyclostomes) and
extinct (
conodonts, anaspids, and ostracoderms) species.
Among recent animals, cyclostomes...
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Conodonts are an
extinct class of
animals whose feeding apparatuses called teeth or
elements are
common microfossils found in
strata dating from the Stage...
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conodont feeding apparatus is a
series of phosphatic-mineralized elements,
resembling a set of “teeth”,
which are
found lining the oral
surface of...
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Conodont Alteration Index (CAI) is used to
estimate the
maximum temperature reached by a
sedimentary rock
using thermal alteration of
conodont fossils...
- paleontologist. In 1969, he
described the
conodont genus Protognathodus. In 1984, with
Charles A. Sandberg, he
described the
conodont genus Alternognathus. In 2002...
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Gulch Limestone. It was once
thought to be the
first body
fossil of a
conodont,
based on what
turned out to be its gut contents; it is now
thought to...
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Tournaisian is
defined by the
first appearance of the
conodont Siphonodella sulcata within the
evolutionary lineage from Siphonodella...
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informal organisation founded in 1967 for the
promotion of the
study of
conodont palaeontology. It
publishes an
annual newsletter.
Although there are regular...
- Haikouichthys.
During the late Cambrian, eel-like
jawless fish
called the
conodonts, and
small mostly armoured fish
known as ostracoderms,
first appeared...
