conodont
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Conodont — Co no*dont (k[=o] n[ o]*d[o^]nt), n. [Gr. kw^nos cone + odoy s, odo ntos, tooth.] (Zo[ o]l.) A peculiar toothlike fossil of many forms, found especially in carboniferous rocks. Such fossils are supposed by some to be the teeth of marsipobranch… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
conodont — [kō′nə dänt΄, kän′ədänt΄] n. [Ger konodont < Gr kōnos, a wedge, CONE + odous (gen. odontos), TOOTH] a very small fossil of the Paleozoic and Mesozoic eras, prob. a tooth from an extinct, eel like vertebrate … English World dictionary
Conodont — Conodonts Temporal range: 495–199.6 Ma … Wikipedia
conodont — /koh neuh dont , kon euh /, n. a Paleozoic microfossil occurring in various jagged or toothlike shapes and constituting the hard remains of an extinct marine animal of the order Conodonta (or Conodontophorida), found abundantly worldwide in… … Universalium
Conodont — Conodonten Zeitraum Unterkambrium bis Obertrias 540 bis 225 Mio. Jahre Fossilfundorte Weltweit Systematik … Deutsch Wikipedia
conodont — [ kəʊnədɒnt] noun Palaeontology an extinct marine creature with a long worm like body and numerous small teeth, now believed to be the earliest vertebrate. ↘(also conodont element) a tooth of a conodont, often found as a fossil. Origin C19: from… … English new terms dictionary
Conodont Alteration Index — The Conodont Alteration Index (CAI) is used to estimate the maximum temperature reached by a sedimentary rock using thermal alteration of conodont fossils. Conodonts in fossiliferous carbonates are prepared by dissolving the matrix with acid,… … Wikipedia
conodont — noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary con (from Greek kōnos cone) + odont Date: 1859 a Paleozoic toothlike fossil that is probably the remains of an extinct eellike marine animal that may be an invertebrate or primitive vertebrate;… … New Collegiate Dictionary
conodont — the problematical small tooth like fossil of the Cambrian, Silurian and Devonian periods which could well be a tooth of Cyclostomata … Dictionary of ichthyology
conodont — co·no·dont … English syllables
