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There is no such thing as a "living fossil". The Coelacanth was thought to have been extinct since the time dinosaurs disappeared until the first live specimen was found in 1938.
Just because fossils of an organism have not been found for a long time doesn't mean they're not alive somewhere. The case shows two things, it is rare for any animal or plant to fossilize and how little we still know about the deep oceans.
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∙ 10y agoLiving fossil is the nickname given to organisms whose traces appear in the fossil layers from early geological periods, of which living specimens are still found today. These living things exhibit no differences from their counterparts from millions of years ago, and represent living examples of those long-dead fossil forms.
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∙ 12y agoSharks are refered to as living fossils because they were alive before the dinosaurs, at the same time and after them, so they are all that's left of prehistoric oceans.
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What are the animals called when they are preserved in ice or snow?
Animals preserved in ice or snow are commonly referred to as "ice mummies" or "ice age animals." These animals are often well-preserved due to the freezing temperatures, allowing scientists to study their remains and gain insights into their past.
What are preserved remains of a living thing called?
The preserved remains of an animal is known as a fossil.
What are remains of plants and animals that were buried very quickly in sediment during floods?
fossils
Name of the animals living in water?
Animals that live in the oceran are called marine animals. Animals that live in water that's not the ocean are called freshwater/aquatic animals.
Some scientists study the way fossils and living organisms are distributed or spread out on the earth what is this area of study called?
Your answer is in your categories. Its paleontology, or biogeography.
Imprints of prehistoric living things is called?
I think the answer you're looking for is fossils. Fossils are remnants or imprints of living things, such as animals and plants, which are from past geologic age and found in the earth's crust.
The remains of a once living thing?
Fossils are the remains of plants and animals that have been turned to stone.
What is a rock formed from the remains of living things called?
These remains are called fossils.
What are the remains of living things that have been perserved in earth's crust?
They are called fossils.
Which country is called a land of living fossils?
Madagascar
What led hooke to argue that fossils had once been living organisms?
hooke published his conclusion that fossils are remains of plants and animals .
What was the preserved remains of ancient organisms called?
The preserved remains of animals of evidence of their existence are Fossils Fosssils that provide evidence about the past are called trace fossils.
What are living fossils?
Animals still alive after many millions of years (like cockroaches).
What plants have beeen called living fossils?
Ferns, moss.
Is there at least one dinosaur living today?
There is not a dinosaur that I know is living to this day but there are animals that have descended from the dinosaurs.
What are traces of plants or animals reserved in rock called?
That would be fossils.
How was material that was once living in the soil is called?
Do you mean; what is the material.... fossils.
