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Noun Concept
Categories: Extinction, Evolutionary biology concepts, Articles with short description, Fossils
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living fossil  bradytely  living fossils  stabilomorph
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A living fossil is an extant taxon that cosmetically resembles related species known only from the fossil record. Wikipedia
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A living fossil is an extant taxon that cosmetically resembles related species known only from the fossil record. Wikipedia
Organismic taxon that closely resembles an extinct entity, with few related living taxa Wikidata
Any species discovered first as a fossil and believed extinct, but which is later found living; an organism that has remained unchanged over geological periods. Wiktionary
Species believed extinct but later found living. Wiktionary (translation)
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The coelacanth and the dawn redwood are living fossils. Wiktionary
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species
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relict
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Darwin
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bradytely, Living Fossil, living fossils, stabilomorph

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