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... 44 KB (4,601 words) - 14:43, 27 April 2024 |
"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... 7 KB (883 words) - 20:55, 30 June 2021 |
Coelacanth (redirect from Post Cretaceous Coelacanth fossils) ago, but were discovered living off the coast of South Africa in 1938. The coelacanth was long considered a "living fossil" because scientists thought... 73 KB (6,359 words) - 11:44, 23 April 2024 |
Living dinosaur may refer to: Birds, the only known living dinosaurs Living fossils, extant taxa that closely resemble organisms otherwise known only... 809 bytes (139 words) - 09:18, 15 October 2023 |
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... 30 KB (4,064 words) - 15:08, 9 April 2024 |
Nautilus (section Fossil genera) years, nautiluses represent the only living members of the subclass Nautiloidea, and are often considered "living fossils". The word nautilus is derived from... 54 KB (5,512 words) - 20:40, 10 April 2024 |
sharply differentiated by gross anatomy and mode of living from the ancestral group. These fossils serve as a reminder that taxonomic divisions are human... 53 KB (5,685 words) - 20:41, 26 March 2024 |
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... 36 KB (4,030 words) - 12:58, 29 April 2024 |
shark (Chlamydoselachus africana)). The frilled shark is considered a living fossil, because of its primitive, anguilliform (eel-like) physical traits,... 36 KB (4,147 words) - 19:51, 18 April 2024 |
Paleobotany (redirect from Plant fossil) 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... 28 KB (2,952 words) - 03:27, 8 April 2024 |
Lists of extinct species (section Fossil taxa) 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... 3 KB (331 words) - 19:22, 25 April 2024 |
Evolution of fish (redirect from Fossil fishes) 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... 46 KB (4,511 words) - 16:55, 25 April 2024 |
is the sole living member of the family Sciadopityaceae and genus Sciadopitys, a living fossil with no close relatives. The oldest fossils of Sciadopitys... 8 KB (647 words) - 22:06, 28 November 2023 |
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... 13 KB (1,435 words) - 20:46, 17 April 2024 |
Crustacean (redirect from Fossil crustaceans) R. (1984). "Cephalocarida: living fossil without a fossil record". In N. Eldredge; S. M. Stanley (eds.). Living Fossils. New York: Springer Verlag. pp... 57 KB (4,857 words) - 02:55, 13 April 2024 |
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... 69 KB (7,330 words) - 00:35, 26 April 2024 |
Paleodictyon (category Burrow fossils) Paleodictyon is a trace fossil, usually interpreted to be a burrow, which appears in the geologic marine record beginning in the Precambrian/Early Cambrian... 8 KB (907 words) - 03:07, 21 April 2024 |
Wollemia (section Potential fossil record) world. Although often described as a "living fossil", there are no unambiguous fossils of Wollemia and potential fossil records of it have been considered... 32 KB (3,438 words) - 20:59, 28 April 2024 |
with other cycads in general, Cycas species may be popularly called 'living fossils', representing the surviving decedents of an ancient lineage of seed... 37 KB (2,441 words) - 22:44, 21 April 2024 |
Cycad (section Fossil genera) the Paleogene of East Asia. Fossils assignable to Zamiaceae are known from the Cretaceous, with fossils assignable to living genera of the family known... 31 KB (2,942 words) - 02:15, 16 March 2024 |
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... 22 KB (1,641 words) - 18:31, 26 April 2024 |