Talk:Extant taxon

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What does it mean Basil

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Is there a difference in meaning of expressions "still existing" and "still in existence"?

  • Extant means "still existing".
  • ... can be applied to ... that are currently still in existence.

Is Wikipedia really a dictionary? -Wser 19:33, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Semantic drift

Does anyone besides me feel like extant sounds more like "already existing" than "still existing"? I feel like I've heard it used a lot (and tend to use it myself) to mean the former, and was a little surprised to see the latter as the real definition. User:Glenn Willen (Talk) 15:22, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

I know extant in connection with the platypus, as one of three extant (still existing) species of monotremes. It's one of the words that has survived better in Australia, only because it has more obvious applications here.Trishm 23:24, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

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