Subpages will soon follow --
Arco Scheepen
Under living fossils, I don't think horseshoe crabs have ever been thought extinct. I think it's more of an issue of a living creature that has characteristics more in common with ancient critters than with modern ones. Jawless fishes like lampreys might also count. --Belltower
Ok, will change the text tonight --
Arco Scheepen
We might also want to consider having a "
Fossil record" page, talking about how geology and fossils interact to give us a timeline, and move the timeline to that page -- or even another one. The evolution of life on earth is deserving of its own page, with links from fossils and other places.
Good idea, we could try to set up something like
Geologic Timescale --
Arco Scheepen
I'm curious how the [Horseshoe crab]
? was ever thought to be extinct! They wash up by the hundreds on
Florida beaches! --
Dmerrill
- I agree. They are everywhere. I saw some along the coast of China.
Horseshoe crabs fall under the
not resembling any other living species part of the definition, not the
once thought to be extinct part.
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