conodonts
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Conodonts
- hard parts of early proto-vertebrates (?part of the mouth parts/feeding apparatus)
- phosphatic mineralisation
- geologic range: Precambrian – Triassic; important fossils for biostratigraphy in Paleozoic rocks
- biostratigraphically significant in the Paleozoic but with relatively few practicing specialists
Assorted conodont elements. The fossil animal from which conodonts may have derived has only been discovered relatively recently.
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