KnowraLiving fossilLinked fromLinked fromThe 15 pages that link to Living fossil, each with the reason it gives.All 15Related 8Compared with 7Fossil recordCompared with: It illustrates that some lineages retain recognizable traits across vast spans of time.CoelacanthRelated: Coelacanths became a prominent example after living specimens were found.Horseshoe crabRelated: Horseshoe crabs are often called living fossils, though their lineages have continued evolving.Stem groupCompared with: Unlike stem taxa, living fossils belong to lineages that survive today.TuataraCompared with: The label captures tuatara’s ancient lineage but can wrongly imply that it has stopped evolving.Ginkgo bilobaRelated: Ginkgo is often called a living fossil because its lineage has many extinct relatives.Mokele-mbembeRelated: Mokele-mbembe stories often describe an animal preserved unchanged from prehistoric times.Bernard HeuvelmansRelated: Heuvelmans invoked ancient-looking animals to support the possibility of surviving prehistoric lineages.West Indian Ocean coelacanthRelated: The coelacanth's resemblance to fossils inspired the label, though its lineage has continued evolving.XiphosuraRelated: Horseshoe crabs are often called living fossils, though their anatomy and lineages have evolved.Frilled sharkCompared with: Its primitive-looking form inspires the label, though the species has continued evolving.Indonesian coelacanthCompared with: The Indonesian coelacanth is often described this way, though the label can obscure ongoing evolution.NotostracaRelated: Notostracans are often given this label, though resemblance does not mean species stayed unchanged.Transitional fossilCompared with: It describes resemblance through time, not a fossil documenting an evolutionary transition.MantophasmatidaeCompared with: Heelwalkers were initially recognized through fossils before living representatives were identified.