FOSSILS SPECIMEN: CONODONTS

Fossils are defined as any evidence of prehistoric life. There are two types of fossils: Body Fossils include remains of skeletal bones, shell, carapace, test and teeth. Trace Fossils are clues the organism existed such as foot prints, tracks, burrows and coprolites (fossil dung).

Kingdom: Animal – Phylum: Chordata – Subphylum: Vertebrata – Class: Conodonta

(conodonts)

Cambrian to Upper Triassic

Conodont (Magnified) in Shale Matrix

Paleozoic

North America

Conodont (Magnified) in Shale Matrix

Paleozoic

North America