Growth and feeding ecology of coniform conodonts

Conodonts were the first vertebrates to develop mineralized dental tools, known as elements. Recent research suggests that conodonts were macrophagous predators and/or scavengers but we do not know how this feeding habit emerged in the earliest coniform conodonts, since most studies focus on the der...

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Main Authors: Isabella Leonhard, Bryan Shirley, Duncan J. E. Murdock, John Repetski, Emilia Jarochowska
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2021-12-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/12505.pdf