A systematic review integrates conodont soft tissues, feeding apparatuses and character evidence to assess vertebrate and chordate affinity. The synthesis supports a biological-affinity framework but not one exact origin date, direct ancestor or complete conodont range. This navigation entry is not a phylogeny or a complete taxon dossier.
Represented range0–Present Ma
Content packageearly-fishes
PBDBtxn:33816
Evidence boundary
Automated checks cover structure, identifiers, translations and links only; maintainer and external expert review are not complete.
Claim ledger
taxonomy · medium
A systematic review integrates conodont soft tissues, feeding apparatuses and character evidence to assess vertebrate and chordate affinity. The synthesis supports a biological-affinity framework but not one exact origin date, direct ancestor or complete conodont range.
claim:taxon:conodontafossil-range · low
A systematic review discusses conodont fossils under changing biological concepts, but it does not support the atlas’s former 520–201.4 Ma endpoints as one audited taxon range; that global display is withheld.
claim:taxon:conodonta:range-boundary
Known limits
A missing branch or fossil occurrence does not imply biological absence. Internal nodes are not calibrated divergence estimates.
PBDB mapping requires concept review because the pinned lineage is incompatible with the local expected parent Agnatha.