Conodonts

Lower Permian Keeler Canyon Formation

Inyo County, California

Conodonts from the Lower Permian portion of the Keeler Canyon Formation, Inyo County, California; minute tooth-like structures--technically termed denticles (and unrelated to modern jaws)--that helped process food in an extinct lamprey eel-like organism. Photographs from a specific scientific publication.

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