>Date: Thu, 09 Nov 2006 09:44:23 +1000 > >Sorry if I missed this already, but is there a name for the time-inverse of >a Lazarus taxon, i.e. a newly discovered beast that indicates a long ghost >lineage BEFORE a group was known to have flourished? An example would be >Pikaia when it was thought to be a chordate.
I'm tempted to call it "an Adam's Navel taxon".
How about a "Leif Eiriksson taxon"? -- T. Michael Keesey The Dinosauricon: http://dino.lm.com Parry & Carney: http://parryandcarney.com