Fossil records show that triops evolved when earth was dominated by the former supercontinent Gondwana, which formed during the late Neoproterozoic era, about 550 million years ago — and now ...

Scientists used to consider one Triops species, Triops cancriformis, as being the same animal seen in 250 million-year-old fossils. That would mean Triops cancriformis had survived to the present ...

Tadpole shrimp aren't the living fossils they appear to be, new research suggests. Darwin coined the term "living fossil" in "On the Origin of Species" to describe organisms that appear not to ...

The European Tadpole Shrimp, Triops cancriformis, is not the living fossil it was thought to be. Tadpole shrimp aren't the living fossils they appear to be, new research suggests. Darwin coined ...

New genetic study of tadpole shrimps (a group which includes Triops) casts doubt on the validity of the term 'living fossil' The term 'living fossil' has a controversial history. For decades ...

For example, 250-million-year-old fossils have been assigned to the living European species Triops cancriformis whereas the team's results indicate that the living T. cancriformis evolved less ...

Triops — which is Greek for "three eyes" — are sometimes called "dinosaur shrimp" because of their long evolutionary history; the ancestors of these crustaceans evolved during the Devonian ...

However, triops are one of the oldest critters walking the earth today, having evolved when the planet was dominated by the former supercontinent Gondwana, which was formed some 550 million years ago.

TRIOPS ARE OFTEN CALLED "LIVING FOSSILS,” BUT THAT'S A MISNOMER. Commonly known as tadpole shrimp, they appear to be almost identical physically to their fossilized ancestors.

Triops are found in Australia, Europe, Northern Asia, Africa, the US and many other countries. The Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) recognises 13 different species in the Triops genus.

Triops, or tadpole shrimp, ... Prehistoric 'living fossils' are spotted swimming in 'The Wave': Tadpole shrimp that have lived on Earth for 550 million years are seen by tourists in Arizona.