Explore relationships

Lazarus taxon

Taxon that disappears from the fossil record, only to reappear laterThe takahē of New Zealand had not been seen since 1898 when it was rediscovered in 1948.In paleontology, a Lazarus taxon (plural taxa) is a taxon that disappears for one or more periods from the fossil record, only to appear again either in later fossil records, or as actual living organisms, and often in isolated, obscure, or otherwise very specialized habitats.

Use + to expand a branch. Click a topic name to open its summary.