when is a Lazarus Taxon not a Lazarus Taxon?

[Anthony Docimo <keenir@hotmail.com>]

hi.


sorry, friends, but I found myself with another question...


Imagine that a gorgonopsid fossil is found from the mid-Jurassic strata.  If 
that were all that were unusual {the rock layer}, then it would be Lazarus 
Taxon.  Right?

But what if that Jurassic gorgonopsid was smaller than its Permian 
relatives, and adapted for climbing cycads (and the trees so common to dino 
programs *g*) ?   Would that still be a Lazarus Taxon, as its still 
recognizably a gorgonopsid?  Or is there another word for this Jurassic 
climber?


sorry for these odd questions.  thank you for your time and assistance, my 
friends.

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