Elvis taxon
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elvis-taxon-316-7600927
title:
Elvis taxon
text:
In paleontology, an Elvis taxon is a taxon that has been misidentified as having re-emerged in the fossil record after a period of presumed extinction, but is not actually a descendant of the original taxon, instead having developed a similar morphology by convergent evolution. This implies that the extinction of the original taxon is real, and one taxon containing specimens from before and after the extinction would be polyphyletic.
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Misidentification of later taxon superficially resembling earlier extinct taxon
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elvis_taxon
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date modified:
2023-06-06T13:34:19Z
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