31. It would also be considered a living fossil if it closely resembles the earliest members of its lineage. 32. It really is a living fossil , 33. "The cycad is a living fossil from the Mesozoic age, and we've got the world's second-largest public collection. 34. "It's a living fossil of one of the first vertebrates that made the transition onto land, " he says. 35. A living fossil is an Lingula ", though the living species in this genus are not identical to fossil brachiopods. 36. It is far from certain that the Ptilocolepinae are the living fossils such an arrangement would imply them to be. 37. Sometimes called a " living fossil ", it is the only family Mitsukurinidae, a lineage some 125 million years old. 38. The park is the main habitat of Welwitchia Mirabilis, a plant sometimes referred to as a " living fossil ". 39. Horseshoe crabs are often referred to as living fossils , as they have changed little in the last 445 million years. 40. It's a very exciting find and it's a real living fossil , " said botanist Ken Hill of the botanic gardens.
