Lazarus taxon
Lazarus taxon
Taxon that disappears from the fossil record, only to reappear later.
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Takahē
Species of bird.
4.1%
False killer whale
Species of oceanic dolphin in the genus Pseudorca.
2.7%
Bush dog
Species of carnivore.
2.6%
Tous (mammal)
Genus of marsupials.
2.2%
Chacoan peccary
Species of mammal in the peccary family.
1.9%
Dactylonax kambuayai
Species of marsupial.
1.7%
Schinderhannes bartelsi
Extinct species of radiodont.
1.7%
Coelacanth
Class of lobe-finned fishes.
1.7%
Bulmer's fruit bat
Species of bat.
1.4%
Rhabdopleura
Genus of hemichordate graptolite.
1.4%
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Extinction
Termination of a species' lineage.
17%
Coelacanth
Class of lobe-finned fishes.
16%
Living fossil
Organism resembling a form long shown in the fossil records.
7.4%
Laotian rock rat
Species of rodent found in central Laos.
4.4%
Lazarus of Bethany
Person resurrected by Jesus in the Gospel of John.
3.9%
Out-of-place artifact
Artifacts that challenge historical chronology.
3.1%
Dryococelus
Species of stick insect.
2.9%
Ghost lineage
Phylogenetic lineage that is inferred to exist but has no fossil record.
2.4%
Vampire squid
Species of cephalopod.
2.2%
Bermuda petrel
Species of bird.
1.9%