conodont

About 0.07 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun Any of several extinct fish-like chordates having cone-like teeth.
2. noun A microfossil tooth of such an animal.

Similar words

biostratigraphy cladodont euchondrocephalan synodontid distichodontid chondrichthian chondrosteid chondrostean pycnodontiform neoteleostean

Often followed by

faunas fauna biostratigraphy elements zones species zone zonation animal and

Word family

conodonts