%0 Journal Article %T Book Review of The Great Fossil Enigma: The Search for the Conodont Animal. Simon J. Knell. 2012. Indiana University Press, Bloomington. Pp. 440. $45.00 (cloth), 25 b & w illustrations. ISBN 9780253006042. %A Eugene N. Anderson %J Ethnobiology Letters %D 2013 %I Society of Ethnobiology %X On page 356, Simon Knell admits: ˇ°I positioned myself, like an anthropologist, on the edge of this scientific communityˇ­.ˇ± No wonder the book is of interest to ethnobiologists. It is, in fact, something of an ethnobiology, or ethnopaleontology, of the world of conodont studies. Knell is a museum studies specialist, and presents an account of a major mystery solved by paleontologists in field and museum. %K conodont %K history of science %K ethnobiology %K life forms %U http://ethnobiology.org/sites/default/files/publications/ebl/pdfs/anderson_review_of_the_great_fossil_enigma_the_search_for_the_conodont_animal.pdf