scolecodont

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scolecodont (plural scolecodonts)

  1. The fossilized jaw of a polychaete annelid.
    • 1938, E. R. Eller, Scolecodonts from the Potter Farm Formation of the Devonian of Michigan, title:
      Scolecodonts from the Potter Farm Formation of the Devonian of Michigan
    • 1968, Craig Bond Hatfield, Stratigraphy and Paleoecology of the Saluda Formation[1]:
      Striking similarities between scolecodonts and jaws of modern worms has resulted in general agreement that scolecodonts are properly placed in order Errantida of class Polychaetia.
    • 2012, Manfred Schidlowski, Early Organic Evolution: Implications for Mineral and Energy Resources[2]:
      Scolecodonts are the partly organic, fossil remains of the jaw apparatus, a tooth-like structure, of eunicid polychaete annelid worms.