conodont
noun
co·no·dont
ˈkō-nə-ˌdänt 
ˈkä-
ˈkä-
: a Paleozoic toothlike fossil that is probably the remains of an extinct eellike marine animal that may be an invertebrate or primitive vertebrate
also
: the animal from which conodonts are derived
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Tully has been compared to gastropods (slugs and snails), conodonts (an extinct group of jawless vertebrates), polychaetes (segmented marine worms), nemerteans (ribbon worms), and nectocarids (a squid-like Cambrian organism) in the ensuing decades.
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Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 25 Apr. 2023
What died: This was not a good time to be a conodont.
—Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine, 12 Sep. 2022
Earlier researchers identified tiny teeth within some of the alien goldfish fossils, which led them to think the animal was an extinct eel-like fish called a conodont, per the Times.
—Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Sep. 2022
Surrounding remains—fossils of tiny, extinct marine animals called graptolites and conodonts—served as biomarkers to help confirm when the early scorpions wandered the earth.
—Katie Camero, WSJ, 16 Jan. 2020
The event took its hardest toll on marine organisms such as corals, shelled brachiopods, eel-like creatures called conodonts, and the trilobites.
—Michael Greshko, National Geographic, 30 Sep. 2019
In several pulses across the Devonian, ocean oxygen levels dropped precipitously, which dealt serious blows to conodonts and ancient shelled relatives of squid and octopuses called goniatites.
—Michael Greshko, National Geographic, 30 Sep. 2019
One of the most important is the teeth of conodonts—extinct, eel-like creatures—which go back 520 million years.
—Rachel E. Gross, Smithsonian, 16 Apr. 2018
Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 25 Apr. 2023
What died: This was not a good time to be a conodont.
—Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine, 12 Sep. 2022
Earlier researchers identified tiny teeth within some of the alien goldfish fossils, which led them to think the animal was an extinct eel-like fish called a conodont, per the Times.
—Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Sep. 2022
Surrounding remains—fossils of tiny, extinct marine animals called graptolites and conodonts—served as biomarkers to help confirm when the early scorpions wandered the earth.
—Katie Camero, WSJ, 16 Jan. 2020
The event took its hardest toll on marine organisms such as corals, shelled brachiopods, eel-like creatures called conodonts, and the trilobites.
—Michael Greshko, National Geographic, 30 Sep. 2019
In several pulses across the Devonian, ocean oxygen levels dropped precipitously, which dealt serious blows to conodonts and ancient shelled relatives of squid and octopuses called goniatites.
—Michael Greshko, National Geographic, 30 Sep. 2019
One of the most important is the teeth of conodonts—extinct, eel-like creatures—which go back 520 million years.
—Rachel E. Gross, Smithsonian, 16 Apr. 2018
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