Quantitativeanalysisofconodonttoothwearanddamageasa

testofecologicalandfunctionalhypotheses

Author(s):MarkA.PurnellandDavidJones,

Source:Paleobiology,38(4):605-626.2012.

PublishedBy:ThePaleontologicalSociety

DOI:/10.1666/09070.1

URL:/doi/full/10.1666/09070.1

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Paleobiology,38(4),2012,pp.605–626

Quantitativeanalysisofconodonttoothwearanddamageasatestof

ecologicalandfunctionalhypotheses

MarkA.PurnellandDavidJones

Abstract.—Analysisofdentalwearanddamageisbecominganincreasinglyimportanttoolin

unravelingthetrophicecologyofawiderangeofvertebrates,andwhenappliedtofossilsitcan

provideevidenceofbothdietandfeedingkinematicsthatisindependentofmorphologicalanalysis.

Conodontshavethebestfossilrecordamongvertebratesandtheirskeletalelementsareknownto

exhibitsurfacewearanddamagegeneratedinvivoasaconsequenceo