The Great Fossil Enigma: The Search for the Conodont Animal

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This book is a publication of Indiana University Press 601 North Morton Street Bloomington, Indiana 47404–3797 USA iupress.indiana.edu Telephone orders 800-842-6796 Fax orders 812-855-7931© 2013 by Simon J. Knell All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. The Association of American University Presses’ Resolution on Permissions constitutes the only exception to this prohibition. ∞ The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Information Sciences–Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48–1992. Manufactured in the United States of America Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Knell, Simon J. The great fossil enigma : the search for the conodont animal / Simon J. Knell. pages cm–(Life of the past) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-253-00604-2 (cloth : alk. paper) ISBN 978-0-253-00606-6 (ebook) 1. Conodonts. 2. Science–Social aspects. I. Title. QE899.2.C65K59 2012 562’.2–dc23 2012016799 1 2 3 4 5 18 17 16 15 14 13 Illus., p. vi: Pinhead fossils. This scanning electron microscope image of conodont fossils on a dressmaking pin became an iconic image in those years after the animal had been discovered. Photo: Mark Purnell, University of Leicester. ...