Which one of the following is not a living fossil?
Which one of the following is not a living fossil?
Peripatus
king crab
Sphenodon
Archaeopteryx
Solution
Archaeopteryx is not a living fossil. It is a fossil bird which lived in the Jurassic period and is considered a connecting link between birds and reptiles. King crab (arthropoda), Sphenodon (reptile) and Peripatus (oviparous mammal) are living fossils.