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Lazarus taxon

Known as: Lazarus, Lazarus species, Lazarus taxa 
In paleontology, a Lazarus taxon (plural taxa) is a taxon that disappears for one or more periods from the fossil record, only to appear again later… 
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2017
2017
Paleozoic echinoderm hangovers: Waking up in the Triassic: COMMENT
Thuy et al. (2017) meant to present evidence that some Paleozoic stem-group echinoderms survived the end-Permian extinction. If… 
2014
2014
Rumen Microbial Taxa and By-products Associated with Feed Efficiency in Sheep
Growing wethers fed a concentrate(n=39) or a forage-based (n=38) diet were feed efficiency tested, and rumen samples from the 10… 
2010
2010
Changes in beyrichiid ostracode faunas during the Late Silurian Lau Event on Gotland, Sweden
This paper deals with how palaeocope ostracodes of the family Beyrichiidae, from the Silurian strata at Gotland were affected by… 
2010
2010
Mass Extinctions and Changing Taphonomic Processes Fidelity of the Guadalupian , Lopingian , and Early Triassic Fossil Records
The biotic crisis of the Middle Permian through Early Triassic is unmatched in the Phanerozoic in terms of taxonomic diversity… 
2007
2007
A non-mammaliaform cynodont from the Upper Triassic of South Africa: a therapsid Lazarus taxon?
The University of the Witwatersrand, the National Research Foundation of South Africa, the Royal Society of London and PAST. 
2006
2006
Re-evaluation of survivors, Lazarus taxa, and refugia from mass extinction
Survivors from mass extinction are important for the study of the survival since they are sources of biotic recovery.Based on… 
2005
2005
Revised Stratigraphic Ranges and the Phanerozoic Diversity of Agglutinated Foraminiferal Genera
The stratigraphic ranges of 218 genera of agglutinated foraminifera have been modified based upon new original observations and… 
2005
2005
Post-extinction brachiopod faunas from the Late Permian Wuchiapingian coal series of South China
This paper describes fourteen brachiopod species in eleven genera from the Late Permian Wuchiapingian Coal Series (Lungtan… 
2003
2003
The roles of Lazarus taxa and refugia though the Ordovician-Silurian transition: data from the Brachiopoda
1992
1992
Predator inspection: cooperation or ‘safety in numbers’?
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