Definitions | living fossil |
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- Any species discovered first as a fossil and believed extinct, but which is later found living.
- The coelacanth and the dawn redwood are living fossils.
- Any living species which very closely resembles fossil relatives in most anatomical details.
- Crocodiles are living fossils that haven't changed their appearance much in millions of years.
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