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A living fossil is a term for an extant taxon that phenotypically resembles related species known only from the fossil record, though scientifically the term is deprecated and avoided. To be considere
The coelacanths were thought to have gone extinct 66 million years ago, until a living specimen belonging to the order was discovered in 1938.
170 million-year-old fossil Ginkgo leaves
Living Ginkgo biloba plant
Elephant shrews resemble the extinct Leptictidium of Eocene Europe.
Ginkgo biloba
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Ginkgo biloba, commonly known as ginkgo, also known as the maidenhair tree, and often misspelled "gingko" is a species of gymnosperm tree native to East Asia. It is the last living species in the orde
Living fossil
…Wollemia nobilis Ginkgo biloba Syntexis libocedrii, the cedar wood wasp…
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G. biloba in Tournai, Belgium
Leaves in summer
Leaves in autumn