A living fossil is an extant taxon that phenotypically resembles related species known only from the fossil record. To be considered a living fossil, the...

A fossil (from Classical Latin fossilis, lit. 'obtained by digging') is any preserved remains, impression, or trace of any once-living thing from a past...

A fossil fuel is a hydrocarbon-containing material such as coal, oil, and natural gas, formed naturally in the Earth's crust from the remains of dead plants...

"Living Fossil" is a science fiction story by American writer L. Sprague de Camp, on the concepts of human extinction and future evolution. It was first...

ago, but were discovered living off the coast of South Africa in 1938. The coelacanth was long considered a "living fossil" because scientists thought...

Fossil Group, Inc., is an American fashion designer and manufacturer founded in 1984 by Tom Kartsotis and based in Richardson, Texas. Their brands include...

Living dinosaur may refer to: Birds, the only known living dinosaurs Living fossils, extant taxa that closely resemble organisms otherwise known only...

years, nautiluses represent the only living members of the subclass Nautiloidea, and are often considered "living fossils". The word nautilus is derived from...

is the last living species in the order Ginkgoales, which first appeared over 290 million years ago, and fossils very similar to the living species, belonging...

Fossil Future: Why Global Human Flourishing Requires More Oil, Coal, and Natural Gas–Not Less is a 2022 book by Alex Epstein that argues in support of...

sharply differentiated by gross anatomy and mode of living from the ancestral group. These fossils serve as a reminder that taxonomic divisions are human...

were found alive in central China. It is a well-known example of a living fossil species. The tree faces considerable risks of extinction in its wild...

Fossil is a city in and the county seat of Wheeler County, Oregon, United States. The name was chosen by the first postmaster, Thomas B. Hoover, who had...

shark (Chlamydoselachus africana)). The frilled shark is considered a living fossil, because of its primitive, anguilliform (eel-like) physical traits,...

Holocene List of dinosaur genera List of fossil bird genera List of Late Quaternary prehistoric bird species List of fossil primates Lists of prehistoric fish...

Some plants of prehistory are the same ones around today and are thus living fossils, such as Ginkgo biloba and Sciadopitys verticillata. Other plants have...

interpretations of "longest-living", such as the length of time between the earliest appearance of a species in the fossil record and the present (the...

developed during the late Ordovician period. They are first represented in the fossil record from the Silurian by two groups of fish: the armoured fish known...

biloba) is a living fossil, with fossils similar to the modern plant dating back to the Permian, 270 million years ago. The closest living relatives of...

unique features in their skeleton. Tuatara are sometimes referred to as "living fossils", which has generated significant scientific debate. This term is currently...

Paleodictyon is a trace fossil, usually interpreted to be a burrow, which appears in the geologic marine record beginning in the Precambrian/Early Cambrian...

Fossil water, fossil groundwater, or paleowater is an ancient body of water that has been contained in some undisturbed space, typically groundwater in...

subfamily Sequoioideae. M. glyptostroboides is the only living species in its genus, but three fossil species are known. Sequoioideae and several other genera...

Japan. The sole living member of the family Sciadopityaceae is Sciadopitys verticillata, a living fossil.[citation needed] The oldest fossils of Sciadopitys...

is the sole living member of the family Sciadopityaceae and genus Sciadopitys, a living fossil with no close relatives. The oldest fossils of Sciadopitys...

Gnetum and Ephedra. Informal sources commonly refer to the plant as a "living fossil". Welwitschia is named after the Austrian botanist and doctor Friedrich...

world. Although often described as a "living fossil", there are no unambiguous fossils of Wollemia and potential fossil records of it have been considered...

R. (1984). "Cephalocarida: living fossil without a fossil record". In N. Eldredge; S. M. Stanley (eds.). Living Fossils. New York: Springer Verlag. pp...

the Paleogene of East Asia. Fossils assignable to Zamiaceae are known from the Cretaceous, with fossils assignable to living genera of the family known...

thought to be a living fossil, the chambered nautilus is now considered taxonomically very different from ancient ammonites, and the recent fossil record surrounding...