It refers to all past organisms at the species level of systematic natural taxonomy, other than those currently extant. However, when the term "extinct organisms" is used emphatically, it is often used to refer to higher-level taxonomic units, such as trilobites and ammonites, that did not survive to the present day. Also, since more than 200 species of organisms (mainly large animals) became extinct around the world at the end of the Quaternary Ice Age, i.e., the end of the Pleistocene Epoch, when the term "extinct organisms" is used, it is often used to refer to the Pleistocene extinct animals. Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information |
系統的自然分類学上の種レベルで,現在存続しているもの以外の過去のすべての生物を指す。しかし,強調的に絶滅生物という用語を使う場合には,例えば三葉虫類,アンモナイト類というふうにより高次の分類単位で,現世まで達しなかったものを指すことも多い。また,第四紀の大氷河時代が終わった時点,すなわち更新世末期で,世界中で200種以上もの生物(主として大型動物)が滅びていることから,ただ単に絶滅生物といったときに,これらの更新世絶滅動物を指していることもしばしばある。
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