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living fossil

organismic taxon that closely resembles an extinct entity, with few related living taxa
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living fossil

Summary

living fossil ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,855 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • living fossil is a type of extant taxon[2].
  • living fossil's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Living fossils[3].
  • living fossil's named by is recorded as Charles Darwin[4].

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Definition and Type

living fossil is a type of extant taxon[2].

Why It Matters

living fossil ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,855 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[5] It is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.[6]

Related Entities

Charles Darwin

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 18d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Living fossils
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → —
    Named by → Charles Darwin
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|8 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 28032, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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