TERM: Description of glossary term.

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Kontext: Fischkunde Taxonomie

hypothetical ancestor

A presumable ancestral species of existing organisms, with scientific name but with no description or (fossil) specimens available

Literatur

Coad, Brian & D.E. McAllister. 2007. "Dictionary of Ichtyology". Brian W. Coad. Retrieved on June 21, 2014, from: http://www.briancoad.com/Dictionary/Complete%20Dictionary.htm (crc06223)