What they found were perfect examples of Lazarus taxa.
他们发现的是拉撒路类群的完美例子。
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Paleontologists have a word for these kinds of organisms: They call them Lazarus taxa.
古生物学家对这类生物有一个词:他们称它们为 Lazarus taxa。
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And this this is by no means the only time that Lazarus taxa have been discovered.
而这绝不是唯一一次发现 Lazarus 类群。
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But, aside from blowing our minds by re-appearing when we least expect it, Lazarus taxa give us a fascinating lesson in the limits of what the fossil record can really tell us.
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. The term refers to the story in the Christian biblical Gospel of John, in which Jesus Christ raised Lazarus from the dead.