Conodonta

GPTKB entity

Statements (49)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf extinct class
gptkbp:body_fossils rare
gptkbp:classification_history now considered vertebrates
once considered worms or mollusks
gptkbp:conodont_apparatus feeding structure
gptkbp:conodont_color_alteration_index used for thermal maturity
gptkbp:conodont_elements abundant
gptkbp:describedBy gptkb:Christian_Heinrich_Pander
1856
gptkbp:distribution worldwide
gptkbp:extinct gptkb:end-Triassic_extinction_event
yes
gptkbp:feeding_apparatus conodont elements
gptkbp:firstAppearance gptkb:Cambrian_period
gptkbp:fossilRange Cambrian to Triassic
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Conodonta
gptkbp:importance_in_geology index fossils
thermal alteration index
gptkbp:importantFor biostratigraphy
paleothermometry
gptkbp:kingdom gptkb:Animalia
gptkbp:knownFor conodont elements
gptkbp:lake yes
gptkbp:lastAppearance gptkb:Triassic_period
gptkbp:major_groups Euconodonta
Paraconodontida
Prioniodontida
Proconodontida
gptkbp:mineralized_tissue apatite
gptkbp:notable_fossil_sites gptkb:North_America
gptkb:Scotland
gptkb:Baltic_region
gptkb:South_China
gptkbp:paleoecology planktonic and nektonic
gptkbp:phylum gptkb:Chordata
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:fish
gptkbp:size few centimeters
gptkbp:skeletonType cartilaginous
gptkbp:soft_body eel-like
gptkbp:soft_tissue_fossils rarely found
gptkbp:studied_in micropaleontology
gptkbp:subfamily gptkb:Vertebrata
gptkbp:taxonomic_rank gptkb:class
gptkbp:teeth_like_structures yes
gptkbp:typeSpecies Conodus costatus
gptkbp:usedFor stratigraphic correlation
thermal maturity assessment
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Conodonts
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6