Living Fossils

Connected Sites: 15

A living fossil is a group of organisms that disappears from one or more periods of the fossil record, only to appear again later.

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Connected Sites

Greater Blue Mountains
Inscribed: 2000
3.16
270
15
Wollemia
See En.Wikipedia.Org
iSimangaliso Wetland Park
Inscribed: 1999
3.38
74
4
Coelacanth
See En.Wikipedia.Org
Lagoons of New Caledonia
Inscribed: 2008
3.53
39
2
Nautilus
See En.Wikipedia.Org
Shark Bay
Shark Bay
Australia
Inscribed: 1991
3.58
54
2
Stromatolite
See En.Wikipedia.Org
Viñales Valley
Inscribed: 1999
3.06
145
3
Microcycas Calocoma, Cork Palm, "A Living Fossil Of The Cretaceous Phanerogamic Flora" (Ab Ev)
Kinabalu Park
Inscribed: 2000
3.26
128
6
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)
Alejandro de Humboldt National Park
Inscribed: 2001
3.16
36
3
Rare Large Shrew-Like Insectivore Cuban Solenodon Solenodon Cubanus (En), Considered A Living Fossil (Unep-Wcmc)
See En.Wikipedia.Org
Mount Wuyi
Inscribed: 1999
3.43
69
4
Gingko Biloba
See En.Wikipedia.Org
Three parallel rivers of Yunnan
Inscribed: 2003
3.41
88
6
Gingko Biloba
See En.Wikipedia.Org
Huangshan
Inscribed: 1990
3.79
111
6
Gingko Biloba
See En.Wikipedia.Org
Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries
Inscribed: 2006
3.32
106
4
Gingko Biloba
See En.Wikipedia.Org
Namib Sand Sea
Inscribed: 2013
4.08
139
4
Welwitschia
See En.Wikipedia.Org
Ohrid Region
Ohrid Region
Albania, North Macedonia
Inscribed: 1979
3.40
251
7
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))
See Portal.Unesco.Org
Los Alerces National Park
Inscribed: 2017
3.68
28
4
"Other Distinctive Fauna Includes The “Monito Del Monte” (Dromiciops Gliroides - Nt) A Nocturnal Marsupial Which Is Monotypic, Endemic To Patagonia And A “Living Fossil” Which Can Be Linked To Ancient And Extinct Marsupials." (Ab Ev)
Vjetrenica Cave
Vjetrenica Cave
Bosnia Herzegovina
Inscribed: 2024
2.35
22
4
"Several Of The Species Found In Vjetrenica Cave Are Tertiary And Pre-Tertiary Relict Species, Which Can Be Considered Living Fossils" (Ouv)