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Conodonts are an extinct group of primitive jawless vertebrates belonging to the Phylum Chordata, comprising tooth-like elements ranging in size from 0.25 to 2 mm. They range in age from the Late Cambrian to the Late Triassic and have been one of the most significant and widely used groups of fossils in Paleozoic stratigraphy. The conodont colour alteration index is an indicator of thermal maturity and, hence, useful in basin analysis for hydrocarbon exploration. The morphology of conodonts is explained with illustrations and their paleoecology and geologic history are discussed.
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Saraswati, P.K., Srinivasan, M.S. (2016). Phosphatic Microfossils. In: Micropaleontology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-14574-7_8
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