conodont

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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.

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For instance, the conodont Eoplacognathus pseudoplanus has a short range in the Middle Ordovician period. citation If rocks of unknown age are found to have traces of E. pseudoplanus, they must have a mid-Ordovician age. Source: Internet

Chemical systematics of conodont apatite determined by laser ablation ICPMS. Source: Internet

For instance, the conodont Eoplacognathus pseudoplanus has a short range in the Middle Ordovician period. citation If rocks of unknown age have traces of E. pseudoplanus, they have a mid-Ordovician age. Source: Internet

Note the nonabraded, although slightly broken, conodont elements of the high-energy oolitic marine facies of the Deer Valley Member. Source: Internet

Owen R. Green in A Manual of Practical Laboratory and Field Techniques in Palaeobiology. pages 318-330, Effects of extraction protocols on the oxygen isotope composition of conodont elements. Source: Internet

Reconstruction of tropical sea surface temperature from conodont apatite implies an average value of convert in the Early Devonian. Source: Internet

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