metachronism
/mɪˈtakrənɪz(ə)m/ /mɛˈtakrənɪz(ə)m/noun
1An error in chronology, especially the placing of an event later than its real date. rare after 17th cent.
2 Biology = metachrony.
Origin
Early 17th century; earliest use found in John Hales (1584–1656), scholar. From Hellenistic Greek μετάχρονος anachronistic + -ism; in sense 1 perhaps after anachronism.
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