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zombie taxa

zombie taxa is the plural of zombie taxon.

Meaning of zombie taxon

Noun

zombie taxon (plural zombie taxa)

  1. A taxon that falsely appears to persist until, or reappear at, a time in the fossil record later than the taxon's actual point of extinction, due to fossils of organisms belonging to the taxon having been eroded from their original strata and redeposited in the source sediments for younger strata.

Questions about zombie taxa

What is zombie taxa the plural of?
Zombie taxa is the plural of zombie taxon.

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