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Conodont Conodont
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Conodont

Conodont
Conodonts are fossils of small organisms that lived from the beginning of the Paleozoic Era about 570 million years ago to the beginning of the Mesozoic Era about 210 million years ago. They consist of apatite, a calcium phosphate mineral.
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Conodont; Apatite; Paleozoic Era
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