Late Ordovician to Early Silurian conodont faunas from the Kolyma terrane, Omulev Mountains, Northeast Russia, and their paleobiogeographic affinity. |
It correlates well with the occurrence of widespread graptolite, conodont, and trilobite species. |
The observable properties of conodont apparatus carry a variety of features permitting assignment of these higher taxa into different branches of Metazoa. |
At one time or another, most of these have been regarded as conodont elements. |
The conodont element on the left side is obvious if you are looking for it. |
For instance, the conodont Eoplacognathus pseudoplanus has a short range in the Middle Ordovician period. |