Conodonts

Upper Cambrian Nopah Formation

Inyo County, California

Conodonts from the Upper Cambrian Nopah Formation, Inyo County, California. Minute tooth-like structures--technically termed denticles, and unrelated to modern jaws--that helped to process food in an extinct lamprey eel-like organism. Photograph courtesy a specific scientific paper.

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