The great fossil enigma
Subtitle: the search for the conodont animal
By: Simon J. Knell
Series: Life of the past
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Bloomington and Indianapolis
Language: eng
Number of pages: 413
ISBN-13: 9780253006042; 9780253006066
Subjects: Conodonts; Science; Social aspects
Description: Stephen Jay Gould borrowed from Winston Churchill when he described the conodont animal as a "riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma." This animal confounded science for more than a century. Some thought it a slug, others a fish, a worm, a plant, even a primitive ancestor of ourselves.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.