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Back from the Dead - Reappearing Fossils

It's not everyday that unfamiliar animals are encountered by scientists. Even rarer is when an animal known only from the fossil record turns out to be alive and well! In paleontology, this is an example of a "Lazarus taxon." While local people in the animal's environment may have known about it for years, it's big news to the rest of the world...
Sometimes the area found provides an extra hint.
Getting the binomial name gives you extra nerd karma!
This is my first quiz -- feedback welcome :)
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lazarus_taxon
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Last updated: December 11, 2020
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Coelacanth (Latimeria chalumnae)
Chalumna River (now Tyolomnqa), South Africa; 1938
Heralded as a living fossil; now a popular ornamental tree.
Dawn Redwood AKA Metasequoia (Metasequoia glyptostroboides)
Lichuan County, Hubei, China; 1944
Before 2006, there was only a single extant specimen, a fossil preserved in Dominican amber.
Gracilidris ant (Gracilidris pombero)
Columbia; 2006
Tiny nocturnal arboreal marsupial with a prehensile tail. The only New World marsupial that shares ancestors with Australian marsupials. Not a monkey, though you would be tempted to think by its name...
Monito del monte AKA chumaihuén aka colocolo (Dromiciops gliroides)
Mountains of southwestern South America (Chile and Argentina); specimen 1894, re-classification 2010
Another marsupial, also tiny, also nocturnal. The only Australian marsupial restricted to alpine areas.
Mountain pygmy possum (Burramys parvus)
A ski resort at Mount Hotham in Victoria, Australia; 1966
Males carry developing eggs; females court males. Nobody has time to mess around with princesses.
Majorcan midwife toad AKA Mallorcan midwife toad AKA ferreret (Alytes muletensis)
Majorca, Spain; 1979
Tall rainforest tree growing up to 40 metres (130 ft) in height.
Nightcap Oak (Eidothea hardeniana and Eidothea zoexylocarya)
Rainforest in the Nightcap Range, New South Wales and Queensland Australia; 2000 and 1996 respectively
It's not a pine but that hasn't stopped people from calling it one.
Wollemi Pine (Wollemia nobilis)
Wollemi National Park, New South Wales, Australia; September 10th, 1994
Here piggy piggy piggy!
Chacoan peccary AKA tagua (Catagonus wagneri)
Argentinian Gran Chaco; 1975
Love child of a squirrel and a rat; cute waddling gait. Only found among limestone boulders on hillsides.
Laotian rock rat AKA kha-nyou (Laonastes aenigmamus)
Thakhek, Khammouan, Laos; 1996
vermiciousknid
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Level 88
Dec 6, 2020
Tough quiz, I only got one.
redsplat
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Level 74
Dec 11, 2020
One is impressive -- it is definitely not a quiz for the faint of heart!
redsplat
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Level 74
Dec 11, 2020
I've added some common names to make it a bit easier :)
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