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 (Gr**** kōnos, "cone", + odont, "tooth") are an extinct group of jawless vertebrates, classified in the class Conodonta. They are primarily known...
- Conodonts are an extinct class of animals whose feeding apparatuses called teeth or elements are common microfossils found in strata dating from the Stage...
- The Conodont Alteration Index (CAI) is used to estimate the maximum temperature reached by a sedimentary rock using thermal alteration of conodont fossils...
- (cyclostomes such as hagfishes and lampreys) and extinct clades (e.g. conodonts and ostracoderms, among others). They are sister to vertebrates with jaws...
- and Willi Ziegler had suspected foul play as they noticed that Gupta's conodont fossils were similar to those collected by George Jennings Hinde from Buffalo...
- This is a list of conodonts genera, sorted in alphabetical order. †Acanthodus †Acodus †A****inatella †Alternognathus †Amorphognathus †Ancyrodella †Ancyrognathus...
- Hindeodus is an extinct genus of conodonts in the family Anchignathodontidae. The generic name Hindeodus is a tribute to George Jennings Hinde, a British...
- Mazzaella is an extinct genus of Late Tri****ic ozarkodinid conodonts in the family Gondolellidae. They are found in mid-Julian sediments of the Tethys...
- compared to the more slender bodies of more advanced conodonts. It also revealed that this conodont was a macrophagous predator, meaning it went after large...
- 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...