Conodonts

Conodonts

 The teeth-like fossils

Age 

from Cambrian to the Lower Jurassic

Distribution 

Worldwide

Taxonomy 

Unknown

Brief description

Conodonts were known only from their tooth-like oral elements, which are usually found in isolation and are now called conodont elements

Ecology

The "teeth" of some Conodonts have been interpreted as filter-feeding apparatuses, filtering plankton from the water and passing it down the throat