Literary Term used in literature and movies

[millerac]

What is the literary term used to describe when an item or person is out of historical sequence. For example: a telephone call to someone before telephones were invented.

[MikeNewYork]

What is the literary term used to describe when an item or person is out of historical sequence. For example: a telephone call to someone before telephones were invented.

That would be an anachronism.