Oldest Animal Species on Earth alive today

Oldest Animal Species on Earth alive today

..
1. JELLYFISH.
In 2007, researchers from the University of Kansas found new
fossil evidence of jellyfish going back over half a billion years, .
2. HORSESHOE CRAB.
Horseshoe crabs are among the most well-known of "living fossils,"
3. COELACANTH.
Scientists have studied the very rare, endangered fish with great interest
4. DUCK BILLED PLATYPUS.
The duck-billed platypus truly looks as if it belongs to another era, if not another planet.
5. LICE.
Although louse fossils are rare, The record of lice probably goes back even further.
6. TORTOISE.
Tortoises are famed for their longevity. The oldest living land animal is a 190-year-old Seychelles giant tortoise.
7. GREENLAND SHARKS.
Greenland sharks live deep in the Arctic and North Atlantic oceans.
8. COW SHARKS.
These deepwater, six- and seven-gill sharks are considered some of the most archaic of all shark species.
9. VELVET WORMS.
Velvet worm is something of a misnomer. They are more closely related to arthropods,
10. CROCODILES
They are the last living representatives of the crocodylomorpha, an even bigger group that originated over 205 million years ago.