RE: when is a Lazarus Taxon not a Lazarus Taxon?

["Thomas R. Holtz, Jr." <tholtz@geol.umd.edu>]

> From: owner-DINOSAUR@usc.edu [mailto:owner-DINOSAUR@usc.edu]On Behalf Of
> Roberto Takata
>
> Wow, is there any Jimmy Hoffa taxon?
>

Not yet. I guess those are the fossil species that are still buried but we 
haven't found yet...

They are said to be pretty common near football stadia. :-)

(As an aside, FeDex Field, the Redskins stadium, is built on top of what were 
once wonderfully productive Cretaceous marine
sediments, from which great ammonoids and nautiloids were recovered).

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