Lazarus species

Definitions

1. A species that was thought to be extinct but has been rediscovered.
2. A species that disappears from the fossil record only to reappear in much later deposits.

Examples

“The term ‘Lazarus species’ was coined by the palaeontologist David Jablonski to describe⟳ a taxon that was thought to have⟳ gone extinct during a mass extinction event, but which is found to exist⟳ several million years later.”

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