Many pages back, but perhaps worth the trouble to point out a fact
Originally Posted by RAZD
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You have all come up with the most pathetic excuses possible, in an attempt to explain why the fossils show no sign or little signs of change.
The fact is that not one coelacanth species alive today is the same species as any of the hundreds of coelacanth species in the fossil record means that they are all de facto different from those fossils, that they are NOT the same, and your personal ability, or inability, to tell one from the other is irrelevant.

Having a different species name means nothing at all. There are several conventions in taxonomy, and one of them is to give different names to fossil specimens, whether or not they differ from contemporary species. One reason for this is that it avoids confusion in cases where a better specimen turns up and turns out to demonstrate a difference. The less-defined and earlier specimen either has to be renamed, or it looks like it's different than the better-defined, although they're believed to be the same thing.

The drawback is pretty obvious: fossil specimens which are perfectly identical with living specimens will have different names. This has the potential to confuse amateurs who don't know what's what.

Whether we agree with the convention or not, it is in play.

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