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===Origin=== | ===Origin=== | ||
{{Bulbanews|On the Origin of Species: Relicanth}} | {{Bulbanews|On the Origin of Species: Relicanth}} | ||
Relicanth are based on the modern ''Latimeria chalumnae'', a {{wp|coelacanth}} species that was thought to be extinct. They are considered {{wp|living fossils}}, because they are virtually unchanged from their prehistoric forms. Like | Relicanth are based on the modern ''Latimeria chalumnae'', a {{wp|coelacanth}} species that was thought to be extinct. They are considered {{wp|living fossils}}, because they are virtually unchanged from their prehistoric forms. Like their real-life counterpart, Relicanth was thought to have gone extinct 100 million years ago, until it was recently rediscovered in a submarine exploration. | ||
====Name origin==== | ====Name origin==== | ||