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...
- 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...
- subphylum Vertebrata, consisting of both living (cyclostomes) and extinct (conodonts, anaspids, and ostracoderms, among others). Among recent animals, cyclostomes...
- paleontologist. In 1969, he described the conodont genus Protognathodus. In 1984, with Charles A. Sandberg, he described the conodont genus Alternognathus. In 2002...
- The Conodont Alteration Index (CAI) is used to estimate the maximum temperature reached by a sedimentary rock using thermal alteration of conodont fossils...
- 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...
- subdivisions in 1974. The boundaries were established by the fauna of conodonts and/or graptolites. In 1995, the Subcommission on Ordovician Stratigraphy...
- Prioniodontida, also known as the "complex conodonts", is a large clade of conodonts that includes two major evolutionary grades; the Prioniodinina and...