Definition of "conodont" []

• A member of an extinct group of small primitive fishlike chordates, preserved primarily in the form of their conelike teeth. (noun)
• A fossil tooth of this chordate. Conodonts are the most widespread Paleozoic microfossils and are important for biostratigraphic indexing. (noun)

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• "Those of you who do know what a conodont is are probably wondering what it has to do with the others."
• "Mixed Devonian and Mississippian conodont and foraminiferal faunas and their bearing on the Roberts Mountains Thrust, Nevada,"
• "Discovery of Perm ian-Triassic mixed conodont assemblage from the"