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This is a list of the longest-living biological organisms: the individual(s) (or in some instances, clones) of a species with the longest natural maximum life spans. For a given species, such a designation may include: The oldest known individual(s) that are currently alive, with verified ages.
Pages in category "Lists of oldest animals" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C.
1752. Founding of the Schönbrunn Zoo in Vienna, the world's oldest continuously operating zoo. 1753. The British Museum was founded in the will of Sir Hans Sloane (English (born Ireland), 1660–1753). It would open its doors in 1759. 1758. Albrecht von Haller (Swiss, 1708–1777) was one of the founders of modern physiology.
<p>You've probably never heard of a long-extinct organism known as Dickinsonia. Unlike dinosaurs like the Tyrannosaurus rex or more recent extinct beasts like the wooly mammoth, fossils of ...
This innovation causes a major burst of animal coevolution. First freshwater pelomedusid turtles. Earliest krill. 120 Ma Oldest fossils of heterokonts, including both marine diatoms and silicoflagellates. 115 Ma First monotreme mammals. 114 Ma Earliest bees. [94] 112 Ma Xiphactinus, a large predatory fish, appears in the fossil record. 110 Ma
A recent study of gelatinous marine creatures revealed a curious ability in which two animals fuse and function as a single organism. The comb jelly, one of the oldest animals on Earth, can fuse ...
This is a list of Ice Age species preserved as permafrost mummies. It includes all known species that have had their tissues partially preserved within the permafrost layer of the Arctic and Subarctic. Most went extinct during the Late Pleistocene extinctions while some are still extant today. They have been listed to the most specific known ...
c. 560 Ma – Trace fossils, e.g., worm burrows, and small bilaterally symmetrical animals. Earliest arthropods. Earliest fungi. c. 558 Ma – Dickinsonia, a large slow moving disc-like creature, first appears – the discovery of fat molecules in its tissues make it the first confirmed true metazoan animal of the fossil record.