Illustration of Ordovician conodont (IMAGE)

Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) Graduate University

Illustration of Ordovician conodont

Caption

A Promissum conodont, which range from 5 to 50 cm in length and named after unusual, cone-like teeth fossils, and which are hypothesized to be the ancestors of modern lampreys and hagfishes. Very few conodont species survived the Late Ordovician Extinction Event.

Credit

Nobu Tamura

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