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conodont

a tooth-like fossil, amber in colour. Conodonts occur in sediments from the CAMBRIAN to the TRIASSIC and are thought to be associated with the mouth-parts of primitive chordates such as members of the AGNATHA.
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Conodont elements are composed of complex aggregates of proteins and apatite-(CaF) (e.g.
Carbon isotope values in conodont elements from the latest Devonian--Early Carboniferous carbonate platform facies (Timan-Pechora Basin)
The conodont elements are generally well preserved with a CAI (conodont colour alteration index) below 1.5.
Conodonts of the Kivioli Member, Viivikonna Formation (Upper Ordovician) in the Kohtla section, Estonia/Viivikonna kihistu Kivioli kihistiku (Ulem-Ordoviitsium) konodondid Kohtla labiloikes Eestis
By contrast to the previous sample interval, the conodont element abundance in Est09:OS2 must be considered fairly high; the 2047.2 g sample yielded 2851 elements, i.e.
Conodont dating of the Middle Ordovician breccia cap-rock limestone on Osmussaar Island, northwestern Estonia/Kesk-Ordoviitsiumi bretsat katva lubjakivikihi dateerimine konodontide abil Osmussaarel Loode-Eestis
Conodont elements known to be related to the Triassic age would be as follows: Prioniodella Prioniodellides, Hindeodella multihamata, Hindeodella nevadensis, Lonchodina nevadensis, Hindeodella triassica, Ligonodina triassica, Diplodella lautissima, Pachycladina oblique, Hadrodontina anceps, Ellisonia triassica, hibardella subsymmertica, Parachirognathus geiseri, Prioniodella decrescens, Enantiognathus bitortus, Chirognathus sp., Xaniognathus sp., and Anchiognathudos sp.
Using conodont elements to distinguish Permian-Triassic boundary disconformity near Haftad Gholleh, central Iran
"We created high resolution 3D models of the conodont elements using x-rays from a particle accelerator in Japan, using it like a giant CT scanner.
Sharpest teeth of all time invisible without microscope
1997) yielded only two poorly preserved conodont elements of middle Arenig to Llanvirn age (Nowlan 1981).
Arenig volcanic and sedimentary strata, central New Brunswick and eastern Maine
Despite the great abundance of conodont elements, few age-diagnostic species were obtained from carbonates of the Wink Member.
Revision of ages of the Fusselman, Wristen, and Thirtyone Formations (Late Ordovician-Early Devonian) in the subsurface of West Texas based on conodonts and graptolites
In the Pakri Cape section 58-97% of conodont elements were redeposited, while conodonts were derived from several underlying strata (Lofgren et al.
Lower Ordovician Leetse Formation in the North Estonian Klint area/Alam-Ordoviitsiumi Leetse kihistu Pohja-Eesti panga labiloikes
The Lower Carboniferous (Upper Tournaisian) conodont elements were collected from a section located in the Pechora region (North Russia, Pechora Swell, N 65[degrees]4'21", E 56[degrees]43'13"), where the host rocks represent the Idzhid Formation (Figs 1, 2).
A new species of the conodont genus Siphonodella Branson & Mehl (late Tournaisian)
For correlation and investigation of morphologic changes of conodont elements, data from some additional outcrops and borehole sections were used.
Wenlock-Ludlow boundary beds and conodonts of Saaremaa Island, Estonia/Wenlocki-Ludlow' piirikihid ja konodondid Saaremaal
Lithological samples, residues and conodont elements are housed in the 'Inventario Paleontologia Universita di Modena e Reggio Emilia-IPUM' at the Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche e Geologiche, Universita degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy.
Composition and significance of the Katian (Upper Ordovician) conodont fauna of the Vaux Limestone ('Calcaire des Vaux') in Normandy, France
In total, 26 samples from the Homerian and Gorstian yielded more than 400, mostly fragmented conodont elements. Only few samples were barren.
Revision of the conodont zonation of the Wenlock-Ludlow boundary in the Prague Synform
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