Living Fossils
A living fossil is a group of organisms that disappears from one or more periods of the fossil record, only to appear again later.
The connection belongs to Ecology connections.
Connected Sites
- Alejandro de Humboldt National Park: rare large shrew-like insectivore Cuban solenodon Solenodon cubanus (EN), considered a living fossil (UNEP-WCMC) Link
- Greater Blue Mountains: Wollemia Link
- Huangshan: Gingko Biloba Link
- Kinabalu Park: The mountain flora has diverse 'living fossils' such as the celery pine and the trig-oak, the evolutionary link between oaks and beeches. (AB ev)
- Lagoons of New Caledonia: Nautilus Link
- Mount Wuyi: Gingko Biloba Link
- Namib Sand Sea: welwitschia Link
- Ohrid Region: Lake Ohrid is so old and isolated by surrounding hills and mountains that a unique collection of plants and animals has evolved. These include a number of relict species, or “living fossils” (including Ohrid trout (Salmo letnica)) Link
- Shark Bay: Stromatolite Link
- Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries: Gingko Biloba Link
- Three parallel rivers of Yunnan: Gingko Biloba Link
- Viñales Valley: Microcycas calocoma, cork palm, "a living fossil of the Cretaceous phanerogamic flora" (AB ev)
- iSimangaliso Wetland Park: Coelacanth Link
Suggestions?
Do you know of another WHS we could connect to Living Fossils?
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