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...
- The conodont feeding apparatus is a series of phosphatic-mineralized elements, resembling a set of "teeth", which are found lining the oral surface of...
- Conodonts are an extinct class of animals whose feeding apparatuses called teeth or elements are common microfossils found in strata dating from the Stage...
- subphylum Vertebrata, consisting of both living (cyclostomes) and extinct (conodonts, anaspids, and ostracoderms, among others). Among recent animals, cyclostomes...
- Early Tri****ic conodont communities and marine ecosystem in general, as other Lower Tri****ic strata nearby yield only rare conodonts. Evidence indicating...
- 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...
- paleontologist. In 1969, he described the conodont genus Protognathodus. In 1984, with Charles A. Sandberg, he described the conodont genus Alternognathus. In 2002...
- mapmaker. She devised the Conodont Alteration Index, a method of determining the heat exposure of buried rock, by analyzing conodont fossils. Her work, which...
- Palmatolepis triangularis conodont zone, but later studies showed that P. triangularis first appeared slightly later than the main conodont turnover in the GSSP...