Definition of Conodont. Meaning of Conodont. Synonyms of Conodont

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Definition of Conodont

Conodont
Conodont Co"no*dont, n. [Gr. ? cone + ?, ?, tooth.] (Zo["o]l.) A peculiar toothlike fossil of many forms, found especially in carboniferous rocks. Such fossils are supposed by some to be the teeth of marsipobranch fishes, but they are probably the jaws of annelids.

Meaning of Conodont from wikipedia

- Conodonts, are an extinct group of marine jawless vertebrates belonging to the class Conodonta (from Ancient Gr**** κῶνος (kōnos), meaning "cone", and...
- The Conodont Alteration Index (CAI) is used to estimate the maximum temperature reached by a sedimentary rock using thermal alteration of conodont fossils...
- Conodonts are an extinct class of animals whose feeding apparatuses called teeth or elements are common microfossils found in strata dating from the Stage...
- Limestone, United States. 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...
- Iowagnathus is an extinct genus of large macropredatory conodont (an extinct group of agnathans) known mainly from Ordovician strata in North America,...
- (cyclostomes such as hagfishes and lampreys) and extinct clades (e.g. conodonts and cephalaspidomorphs, among others). They are sister to vertebrates...
- mapmaker. She devised the Conodont Alteration Index, a method of determining the heat exposure of buried rock, by analyzing conodont fossils. Her work, which...
- This is a list of conodonts genera, sorted in alphabetical order. †Acanthodus †Acodus †A****inatella †Alternognathus †Amorphognathus †Ancyrodella †Ancyrognathus...
- Scotlandia is an extinct genus of conodonts in the family Prioniodinidae. Structure and evolution of Ordovician conodont apparatuses. Christopher R Barnes...
- Hindeodus is an extinct genus of conodonts in the family Anchignathodontidae. The generic name Hindeodus is a tribute to George Jennings Hinde, a British...