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A conodont, Promissum had a primitive mouth under its eyes with mineralized teeth, which are both typical for conodonts. It had a primitive backbone and probably looked like a small eel or large worm, lacking any kind of fins except for perhaps a small one on the tail. It was relatively large for a conodont, reaching about 40 cm (16 inch) in ...
Walter C. Sweet (17 October 1927 in Denver, Colorado – 4 December 2015 in Tucson, Arizona) was an American paleontologist.. He was a Chief Panderer of the Pander Society, an informal organisation founded in 1967 for the promotion of the study of conodont palaeontology.
The Pander Society is an informal organisation founded in 1967 for the promotion of the study of conodont palaeontology.It publishes an annual newsletter. Although there are regular meetings of the Pander Society, at the Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America, at European Conodont Symposia (ECOS for short), and elsewhere, any meeting of three or more "Panderers" is considered an ...
A diphyodont is any animal with two sets of teeth, initially the deciduous set and consecutively the permanent set. [1] [2] [3] Most mammals are diphyodonts—as to chew their food they need a strong, durable and complete set of teeth. Diphyodonts contrast with polyphyodonts, whose teeth are constantly replaced.
The conodont apparatus as a food-gathering mechanism. Maurits Lindström, palaeontology, volume17, part 4, pages 729-744 Taxonomy, Evolution, and Biostratigraphy of Conodonts from the Kechika Formation , Skoki Formation , and Road River Group (Upper Cambrian to Lower Silurian), Northeastern British Columbia.
The homeowner saw the teeth of the fossil sticking out near a plant. NYSE.gov The resident spotted part of the jaw sticking out from topsoil with two teeth hidden near the fronds of the plant.
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(D′) Tricuspid teeth of the posterior jaw at the back of the mouth. (D″) Unicuspid teeth of the anterior jaw at the front of the mouth. Scale bar = 1 mm (A–D) and 200 μm (D′,D″). [1] In anatomy, a heterodont (from Greek, meaning 'different teeth') is an animal which possesses more than a single tooth morphology.