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化石が初めて発掘されたとき、ある研究者はそれをその系統の復活だと称賛したが、さらなる解析でそれが再出現したと誤認された分類群であることが示された。実際には元の系統の子孫ではなく、収斂進化によって類似した形態を獲得したものだった。
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When the fossils were first unearthed, some scientists hailed them as a resurrection of the lineage, but further analysis showed they were an Elvis taxon, their resemblance to the extinct group the result of convergent evolution rather than direct descent.
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When the fossils were first unearthed, some scientists hailed them as a resurrection of the lineage, but further analysis showed they were an Elvis taxon, their resemblance to the extinct group the result of convergent evolution rather than direct descent.
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Elvis taxon
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（古生物学）絶滅したと考えられていた分類群が、化石記録中に再出現しているように見えるが、実際には元の分類群の子孫ではなく、収斂進化により似た形態を獲得した分類群を指す。
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