living fossils

Tuatara taxonomy and evolution

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http://www.ccpictures.org/var/resizes/Recreation/Animals/Reptiles/Tuatara_cladogram.png?m=1304873904Cladogram showing relationships of extant members of the Sauria. Numbered items are:
1. Tuatara
2. Lizards
3. Snakes
4. Crocodiles
5. Birds
"Lizards" are paraphyletic. Branch lengths do not indicate divergence times.

Prehistoric fish

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Fish fossil from Cretaceous periodFish fossil from Cretaceous period

Prehistoric fish are various groups of fishes that lived before recorded history. A few, such as the coelacanth still exist today and are considered living fossils.

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