As noted in the article, #livingfossil is a misnomer. Evolution didn't stop for these creatures. They just continue to carry a strong resemblance to their ancestors in deep time.
https://www.thearchaeologist.org/blog/fish-originally-branded-a-66-million-years-ago-living-fossil-amazes-scientists-again

Among bamboo canes I've found a 'Psilotum nudum', an old fern species (! locally endangered).

According to Wiki they have been living since the Paleozoic period.
Wow!😆

#nature #plants #fern #undergrowth
#evolution #dinosaurs
#livingfossil #fossils
#Japan

Triops is often called a living fossil. In fact, the species Triops cancriformis has been identified in rocks as old as the Triassic. To be frank, this is bullshit and lazy taxonomy. The fossils differ in several regards from modern Triops, and seem to warrant a new generic assignment. Curiously, the fossils in question are North American, but are assigned to the Eurasian species of Triops . . .
#notostraca #triops #livingfossil
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Triops is often called a living fossil. In fact, the species Triops cancriformis has been identified in rocks as old as the Triassic. To be frank, this is bullshit and lazy taxonomy. The fossils differ in several regards from modern Triops, and seem to warrant a new generic assignment. Curiously, the fossils in question are North American, but are assigned to the Eurasian species of Triops . . .
#notostraca #triops #livingfossil
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I hesitate to use the phrase ‘living fossil’ because that phrase is prone to some profound misconceptions. However, if that term is useful, then certainly L. neocaledonica (and the other living species, Neoglyphea inopinata) deserve to be called as such. Fossil glypheids have been known to paleontologists since 1822. #livingfossil #palaeontology #paleontology #fossil
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