"zombie taxon" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: zombie taxa [plural]
Etymology: Referring to the fossil having been mobile, or "walking", long after the death of the original organism. Head templates: {{en-noun|zombie taxa}} zombie taxon (plural zombie taxa)
  1. (paleontology) A taxon that falsely appears to persist until, or reappear at, a time in the fossil record later than the taxon's actual point of extinction, due to fossils of organisms belonging to the taxon having been eroded from their original strata and redeposited in the source sediments for younger strata. Wikipedia link: zombie taxon Categories (topical): Paleontology Coordinate_terms: Elvis taxon, Lazarus taxon
    Sense id: en-zombie_taxon-en-noun-1y5YMqK~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: biology, history, human-sciences, natural-sciences, paleontology, sciences

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