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In paleontology, a zombie taxon〔. Retrieved on 2008-07-17.〕 (plural ''zombie taxa'') or the zombie effect refers to a fossil, such as a dinosaur tooth, that was washed out of sediments and re-deposited in rocks and/or sediments millions of years younger. This basic mistake in the interpretation of the age of the fossil leads to its title. The discovered fossil was at some point mobile (or "walking") while the original animal or plant had long been dead. When this occurs the fossil is described as a "reworked fossil" or ''remanié''. ==See also== * Convergent evolution * Dead Clade Walking * Extinction * Elvis taxon * Lazarus taxon * Living fossil 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Zombie taxon」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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