Question

what are living fossils give two examples

Answer 1

horseshoe crab
ginkgo tree

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Answer 2

Living Fossil-

An organism that has remained essentially unchanged from earlier geologic times and whose close relatives are usually extinct.

Examples of living fossils in the plant kingdom:

tree ferns (Cyatheales)

Ginkgo (“Temple Tree“, Ginkgo biloba)

Cathaya (argyrophylla)

Welwitschia (Welwitschia mirabilis, a naked-seed desert plant)

Wollemia (Wollemia nobilis, of the family Araucariaceae )

Metasequoia (Metasequoia glyptostroboides)

Examples of living fossils in the animal kingdom:

Alligatorfish (Cociella crocodila)

Tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus)

Manjuari (Atractosteus tristoechus, a garpike)

Purple Frog (Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis)

Neopilina galatheae (a mollusc)

Nautilus (Nautilidae, the earliest form of cephalopod)



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