1. Coelacanth Coelacanth is the most famous of all "living fossil" and deserve to be # 1 in this list, because this is the best example of a Lazarus taxon, this is supposed to be long extinct animals and unexpectedly found alive today. These fish should have been extinct in the Cretaceous period, along with the dinosaurs, but in 1938, a live specimen was caught in South Africa. Since then, specimens have been seen and photographed, and even the second coelacanth species found in Indonesia in 1999. This is a large predator fish, 2 meters in length, they feed on small fish, including small sharks, and are usually found in the deep dark waters. 2. Polypterus Senegalus Fish Africa is often called the "dinosaur eel", because of their appearance and serrated dorsal fin. They're actually not an eel, but family members Bichirs. Although often sold as exotic pets "dinosaur eel", they can survive out of water for long periods of tim...
