Editing Conodont (section)

=== Lifestyle ===
Studies have concluded that conodonts taxa occupied both [[Pelagic zone|pelagic]] (open ocean) and [[Benthic zone|nektobenthic]] (swimming above the sediment surface) niches.<ref name="Terrill-2022" /> The preserved musculature suggests that some conodonts (''Promissum'' at least) were efficient cruisers, but incapable of bursts of speed.<ref name="Gabbott-1995" /> Based on isotopic evidence, some Devonian conodonts have been proposed to have been low-level consumers that fed on [[zooplankton]].<ref name="Terrill-2022" />

A study on the population dynamics of ''[[Alternognathus]]'' has been published. Among other things, it demonstrates that at least this taxon had short lifespans lasting around a month.<ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Świś | first1 = Przemysław | year = 2019 | title = Population dynamics of the Late Devonian conodont Alternognathus calibrated in days | journal = Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology | pages =  1–9| doi = 10.1080/08912963.2018.1427088 | s2cid = 89835464 }}</ref> A study [[Strontium|Sr]]/[[Calcium|Ca]] and [[Barium|Ba]]/Ca ratios of a population of conodonts from a carbonate platform from the Silurian of Sweden found that the different conodont species and genera likely occupied different [[Trophic level|trophic niches]].<ref name="Terrill-2022" />