Try the bivalved snails—as I recall they were first described as fossil pelecypods.
John
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Subject: Paleonet: Known First as Fossils - Clarification
Hi All,
Some have suggested that I look into “living fossils.” The examples I am looking for are not necessarily “living fossils.” To me, that term describes taxa whose lineages have an extremely long geological records and which persist today in basically the same form. This would be things like Latimeria, cockroaches, Lingula, lycopods, etc. But I am only looking for taxa that were first known as fossils and then were subsequently found extant. This would include things like the XXX known from 4 million year old fossils and then later found alive today, as well as things like coelacanths, but not things like horseshoe crabs. I also wouldn’t consider the XXX a “living fossil” because of its relatively recent oldest fossil occurrence.
Best,
Carl