5 Fossil Animals That Were Thought To Be Extinct Before They Were Found Alive

Fossils are a great way to learn about the animals that used to walk this earth but sometimes it seems as though we find these animals in the fossils still alive today. The term living fossil has been heavily criticized over the past few years as it can be misleading. There are quite a few animals alive today that look very similar to fossilized animals but they are not the same species and they have undergone millions of years of evolution. In today's video i will be taking a look at a few groups of animals that were believed to be extinct before they were found alive and well in the wild.
Chapters
0:00 Introduction
0:54 Lungfish
2:24 Cymatioa Cookae
3:50 Goblin Shark
4:57 Echinothurioida
6:24 Coelacanths
Attributions
Horseshoe crab fossil image:
Ghedoghedo
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mortich...
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
Sturgeon fossil image:
Didier Descouens
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturgeo...
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
Lungfish images:
Vassil
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CC0 1.0 DEED
ChrisStubbs
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CC BY-SA 3.0 DEED
Brian Gratwicke
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CC BY 2.0 DEED
Joschua Knüppe
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CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
Lungfish fossil images:
Magnus Hagdorn
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CC BY-SA 2.0 DEED
Ghedoghedo
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Devonian period image:
Maggie Newman, Robert W. Gess, Per E. Ahlberg
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CC BY 4.0 DEED
Cymatioa cookae images:
Paul Valentich-Scott, Jeffrey H. R. Goddard
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cymatio...
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Goblin shark images:
steve loya
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Dianne Bray / Museum Victoria
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Goblin shark fossil image:
Citron
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CC BY-SA 3.0 DEED
Sea urchin test image:
Didier Descouens
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Test_%2...
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
Echinothurioida images:
Zheng W, Sun S, Sha Z and Xiao N
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CC BY 4.0 DEED
Jurassic image:
Gerhard Boeggemann
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CC BY-SA 2.5 DEED
Coelacanth images:
Mr. Evil Cheese Scientist
www.flickr.com/photos/evil_ch...
CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 DEED
Sarah
www.flickr.com/photos/saroy/
CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 DEED
DiBgd
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Cretaceous period image:
University of Michigan Museum of Natural History
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I have edited and adapted some of these clips and images.
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Thanks for watching i hope you enjoyed :)
Sources:
www.theguardian.com/science/2...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lungfish
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austral...
australian.museum/learn/anima...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cymatio...
www.sciencenews.org/article/c...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goblin_...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echinot...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coelacanth
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indones...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_In...
australian.museum/learn/anima...

[@ethandollarhide7943]

When I was younger, I believed that Lungfish were an Extinct species because the first time I ever saw one was in the first episode of Walking with Dinosaurs.

[@mrmakovec6198]

7:50 That smile. That damned smile.

[@Vikface1978]

We love your videos - Thank you 🙏 Hope you and Arnie the Woofy Woof are well?

[@TsukiCove]

I'm glad you like them and me and the woofy woof are just fine :)

[@the_wooly_badger6801]

Bush dogs would be a great subject for a sequel

[@OGruurd]

Tsuki your videos are great, I love em

[@AllenZomberg]

I remember reading a paper a while back (I think it was by Steve Brusatte) that described crocodiles as "morphologically conservative". Something akin to that could be used instead of living fossil. Great video as always, Tsuki

[@alfredsupersauce]

“Only extant member of its family.” *that we know of*

[@DillonTrinhProductions]

Nice video as always.

[@TsukiCove]

Thanks for the support :)

[@DillonTrinhProductions]

@@TsukiCove Welcome

[@kbtitan2464]

Earned a sub

[@TroyTheCatFish]

Fantastic Video as always!! :)

[@user-jb1pu1nz7i]

Another great video thanks as always…also what about doing a largest squid/cephalopod species in the world…I haven’t seen that if u have done it

[@thatalivemango]

Its amazing that this man knows his views are down and arent like before but yet he keeps posting and his loyal audience is there waiting for him, im one of them btw ;) . Love your videos mate ❤

[@TsukiCove]

KZbin goes in waves and at this time of year i normally have less views, i'll always keep posting because i love this job and i appreciate the support :)

[@bonesawmcgraw9728]

Great video!

[@yvessoncrusscoss1359]

Nice video tsuki❤️

[@sohopedeco]

The Brazilian bush dog was certainly missing from the video

[@egzy7859]

That clam is common here in our shores, as a kid I would always go rock flipping in tide pools. That clam is white, small, and if submerged it got its mantle covered around its shell and would cling under rocks.

[@Firestar-TV]

Suggestion: Video about Lifeforms that were brought back to Life (but with a less clickbaity Title lol. Just didn't know what else to call it) There are for Example at least 3 Species that survived in Permafrost. Pithovirus, a Pleistocene Version of some Flower and a Species of Worm

[@Redneckkratos]

8:20 the Arnie should’ve definitely been on this list; we don’t know it, but he secretly has been walking the either since the primordial days and has caused several minor and major mass extinctions……

[@isaiahnaegi645]

Idea: animals that can survive ANTARCTICA

[@XaviGryffCrawford-ju9ih]

That is an excellent idea

[@mitchellskene8176]

Would The Pygmy Right Whale be considered, given it's been, possibly, discovered to be a Cetothere?

[@andresdeleon5160]

This is why I love fossil animals

[@Linkiscool115]

I hope that the West Indian Coelacanth is able to come back from Critically Endangered status, it's my favorite fish and I want it to stay around for a long time.

[@Josh.Pointer]

This was a noice video

[@Vilmar1]

When they find Tasmanian tigers in Papua new guinea you should include that

[@christianlifesofpets8549]

The bracher or dinosaur fish is supposedly a living fossil as well

[@Latenivenatrix_Mcmasterae]

Sometimes when I feel silly I eat rocks off the ocean sea bed

[@maevblog9955]

Hello

[@TsukiCove]

hello :)

[@bobyjoebob1996]

i thought greenland shark would be here

[@donaldseigel4101]

Amia Calva Bowfin

[@KonradvonHotzendorf]

7:10 East London is not a small town They a small city

[@TroyTheCatFish]

Video Idea: animals that can change their gender and/or sex 🏳️‍⚧️

[@KhanMann66]

Clownfish are one of them. So do most fish and amphibians.

[@anniehill9909]

Yet another reason to stop trawling the oceans and ban mining the ocean floor. There is so much we don't know - how can we risk destroying ecosystems and wiping out organisms that have been around for millions of years?

[@theSavageHippie]

Darth Vader

[@MrGmart64]

You left out Joe Biden and Donald Trump.