Conodont — definition

1. conodont (Noun)

conodont (Noun) — The tiny fossil cone-shaped tooth of a primitive vertebrate of order Conodonta.

conodont (Noun) — Small (2 inches long) extinct eel-like fish with a finned tail and a notochord and having cone-shaped teeth containing cellular bone; late Cambrian to late Triassic; possible predecessor of the cyclostomes.

agnathan jawless fish jawless vertebrate tooth Conodonta Conodontophorida order Conodonta order Conodontophorida