Conodont Animal

Conodont body fossils are extremely rare, only 12 known are world wide. The best of witch is Clydagnathus windsorensis from scotland, and it shows large eyes, a notochord and muscle bands running along a thin eel like body of about 2 inches or 5 cm. Specific structures of the eyes, mouth and the placement of the commonly found tooth like elements are open for debate and at best scientific speculation. Entire conodont element apparatuses are sometimes preserved in a somewhat distorted mash, and through scientific analyses we can interpret them. Neogondolella mombergensis has one of the more complicated apparatuses and no soft body fossils have ever been found; for this reson I have taken it on as a pet project and I hope ultimately  make a model of the little dragon. If any one has fossil soft body evidence that you would like to share I would be glad to see it.

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