Definitions from Wiktionary (living fossil)

▸ noun:  (evolutionary theory) Any species discovered first as a fossil and believed extinct, but which is later found living; an organism that has remained unchanged over geological periods.
▸ noun:  (evolutionary theory) Any living species which very closely resembles fossil relatives in most anatomical details.


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