Lazarus species

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A species that was thought to be extinct but has been rediscovered.
  2. A species that disappears from the fossil record only to reappear in much later deposits.
    — The term ‘Lazarus species’ was coined by the palaeontologist David Jablonski to describe a taxon that was thought to have gone extinct during a mass extinction event, but which is found to exist several million years later.

词形变化

Lazarus species plural

词汇关系

相关词
Lazarus taxon

词源

Referring to the Biblical story of Lazarus, who was raised from the dead.
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