Overview
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A Class in the Kingdom Animalia.
Taxonomy
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The Class Conodonta is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Order (1): Conodontophorida
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 357 species and subspecies in the Class Conodonta.
Orders
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Conodontophorida
Conodonts are extinct chordates resembling eels, classified in the class Conodonta. For many years, they were known only from tooth-like microfossils now called conodont elements, found in isolation. Knowledge about soft tissues remains relatively sparse to this day. The animals are also called Conodontophora (conodont bearers) to avoid ambiguity. [more]
At least 638 species and subspecies belong to the Order Conodontophorida.
More info about the Order Conodontophorida may be found here.
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