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What is a conodont?

What is a conodont? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. Any of several extinct fishlike chordates that had conelike teeth
  2. A microfossil tooth of such an animal
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The base of the Silesian is undefined, the top is defined by the first appearance of the conodont Streptognathodus isolatus.
The dolomitic oncolite and shelly limestones with specific conodont fauna on the Anikaitse and Hulge cliffs are traditionally considered as the Soeginina Beds.
Through the climatic changes, conodont and ammonoid faunae were initially able to recover very quickly during the Early Triassic as unusually short-lived species emerged.
At one time or another, most of these have been regarded as conodont elements.
In the 1990s standard conodont and miospore zonations were applied.
For instance, the conodont Eoplacognathus pseudoplanus has a short range in the Middle Ordovician period.

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