Scolecodont

Japanese: scolecodont
Scolecodont

…Because the classification of these fossils is unclear, paleontology sometimes uses the term worms. In strata thought to date to the late Proterozoic in America and South Australia, tracks and burrows believed to be from annelids have been found, and in Cambrian strata in various places, jaws and scolecodonts have been found in Ordovician strata. The scolecodonts are microscopic, but in some cases, about 1,000 different varieties have been found in one square foot (about 0.028 m3) of strata. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "scolecodont" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…これらの化石は分類上の位置が不明りょうなため,古生物学では環虫類wormsという術語を使う場合がある。アメリカや南オーストラリアの原生代末期と推定される地層からは,環形動物によると思われるはい跡や巣穴が発見されており,また各地のカンブリア系からはある種の環形動物の体と管が,またオルドビス系からはあごや環虫歯scolecodontが発見されている。環虫歯は,顕微鏡的であるが,地層の1ft3(約0.028m3)から約1000個の変化に富むものが知られている例もある。…

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