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Old 16th January 2013, 11:22 PM   #24
Dinwar
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Originally Posted by smartcooky View Post
Hmmm. Does a creature, known to have existed but which becomes extinct, qualify as a cryptid if people then claim to still see it?

And what if it is then actually rediscovered and its existence confirmed?

This happened with a fish called a Coelocanth. They were once known only from the fossil record; believed to have been extinct since the end of the Cretaceous, until a fisherman caught one off the east coast of South Africa in 1938.
Not in my opinion. It's just a range extension, something that we deal with all the time. And if you think the Coelocanth range extension is impressive, you should see some of them for mollusks!
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