living fossil
C36004
concept
A living fossil is a modern organism that closely resembles species known only from the fossil record and has undergone relatively little apparent evolutionary change over a very long geological timespan.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| living fossil canonical | 2 |
Description generation (CDg)
The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.
Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: living fossil
Generated description
A living fossil is a modern organism that closely resembles species known only from the fossil record and has undergone relatively little apparent evolutionary change over a very long geological timespan.
Instances (2)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| monito del monte | — |
| Ginkgo biloba | — |