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living fossil

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

living fossil ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,029 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: extant taxon[2]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Living fossils[3]
  • Named by: Charles Darwin[4]

Why It Matters

living fossil has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[5] It is known by 51 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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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_living-fossil_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{living fossil}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/living-fossil}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-14}}
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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 24oJzU
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  2. 21w 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 */ Yso id: 28032, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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