On: Fossil species found living off southern Californi...

[AnimalMuppet]

They just found a cockroach in Australia that had been thought to be extinct.

So, maybe more common than you'd think? Definitely not common, though - these findings are news for a reason.

[Rebelgecko → AnimalMuppet]

I think coelacanths are the most well known example (maybe just became they're so alien looking compared to their other extant relatives and were thought to have gone extinct so long ago, especially compared to some species that were thought to have gone extinct more recently)

Edit: there's a fun list here https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lazarus_taxon

[TedDoesntTalk → Rebelgecko]

> coelacanths

Yes! Rediscovered in 1938. A 400+ million year old fish. Very successful species!