List of resurrected species

This is a list of resurrected species. So far, there is no scientifically verified method of DNA resurrection of a previously dead species.

Thawing

Known only from thawed specimens

Pithovirus sibericum: 30,000 year old giant virus[1]

Already known from extant specimens prior to thawing

Ancient form of Silene stenophylla: wild flower bloom 30,000 years of age.[2]
Nematode worms

References

Yong, Ed (3 March 2014). "Giant virus resurrected from 30,000-year-old ice". Nature. doi:10.1038/nature.2014.14801. S2CID 87146458.
Levy, Sharon (21 February 2012). "Wild flower blooms again after 30,000 years on ice". Nature. 482 (7386): 454. Bibcode:2012Natur.482..454L. doi:10.1038/482454a. PMID 22358807.

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