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Name two living fossils of angiosperms |
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Answer» . Amborella – a plant from New Caledonia, possibly CLOSEST to base of the flowering PLANTS. Trapa - WATER caltrops, seeds, and leaves of numerous EXTINCT species are known all the way back to the Cretaceous.Explanation:A living fossil is an extant taxon that CLOSELY resembles organisms otherwise known only from the fossil record. To be considered a living fossil, the fossil species must be old relative to the time of origin of the extant clade. Living fossils commonly are of species-poor lineages, but they need not be. |
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