Biology:Zombie taxon
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Short description: Type of fossil
In paleontology, a zombie taxon[1][2] (plural zombie taxa) or the zombie effect refers to a fossil that was washed out of sediments and re-deposited in rocks and/or sediments millions of years younger.[3] That basic mistake in the interpretation of the age of the fossil leads to its title,[4] in that the discovered fossil was at some point mobile (or "walking") despite the original organism having been long dead. When that occurs, the fossil is described as a "reworked fossil".
See also
- Convergent evolution
- Dead clade walking
- Extinction
- Elvis taxon
- Lazarus taxon
- Living fossil
Further reading
- Archibald, J. David. (1996). Dinosaur Extinction and the End of An Era. Columbia University Press, 672-684. ISBN:0-231-07625-8, who defined the terms zombie effect and zombie taxon/taxa.
- Weishampel, David B. et al. (2004). The Dinosauria. University of California Press. ISBN:0-520-24209-2.
- Abigail Lane et al. "Estimating paleodiversities: a test of the taxic and phylogenetic methods".
References
- ↑ Archibald, J. David (1996). Dinosaur Extinction and the End of An Era. Columbia University Press. ISBN 0-231-07625-8.. Retrieved on 2008-07-17.
- ↑ Lane, Abigail; Janis, Christine M.; Sepkoski, Jr., J. John (January 2005). "Estimating paleodiversities: a test of the taxic and phylogenetic methods". Paleobiology 31 (1): 21–34. doi:10.1666/0094-8373(2005)031<0021:EPATOT>2.0.CO;2. http://paleobiol.geoscienceworld.org/cgi/content/full/31/1/21?maxtoshow=&hits=10&RESULTFORMAT=&author1=LANE&andorexacttitle=or&field_name=title&field_value=Estimating+paleodiversities%3A+a+test+of+the+taxic+and+phylogenetic+methods&searchid=1&FIRSTINDEX=0&volume=31&firstpage=21&resourcetype=HWCIT.
- ↑ Archibald, David (2007-03-24). "Zombie Origins". New Scientist 193 (2596): 27. doi:10.1016/s0262-4079(07)60736-2. https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg19325961.300-zombie-origins.html. Retrieved 2008-07-17.
- ↑ Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; Osmólska, Halszka (2004). The Dinosauria. University of California Press. p. 679. ISBN 0-520-24209-2. https://books.google.com/books?id=k44DMUXBqM0C&q=%22Zombie+taxa%22&pg=PA679. Retrieved 2008-07-17.
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