生物之最

生物之最紀錄了在世界領域上一些方面最頂尖的生物。已滅絕的生物亦為以下評比的對象，若為現存生物中的紀錄會特別註明。 美國生物學家 Boris Sorkin 曾估計美洲擬獅可重達 420 公斤（930 磅），但透過目前標本的分析結果，雄性美洲擬獅的平均體重應介於 255.8 到 351 公斤（564 到 774 磅）之間。 同為貓科的獅虎可重達 408 公斤（900 磅），但是因為此數據屬於人為圈養的個體，因此不列入比較。 發現於中國江蘇省的南京花（英语：Nanjinganthus），生存於約1億7400萬年前的侏羅紀中前期，具有直徑約1公分，疑似雌花的構造，被認為可能是比古果和蒙特塞克藻更古老的被子植物始祖。但也有科學家認為南京花的「花」，構造可能更近似於裸子植物的毬果，因此是否確為最早的被子植物仍有爭議。 Harpreet Kaur, Ranjeet Singh. "Two new species of Myxobolus (Myxozoa: Myxosporea: Bivalvulida) infecting an Indian major carp and a cat fish in wetlands of Punjab, India". Journal of Parasitic Diseases. 2011, 35 (2): 169–176. doi:10.1007/s12639-011-0061-4.  Maloof, Adam C.; Rose, Catherine V.; Beach, Robert; Samuels, Bradley M.; Calmet, Claire C.; Erwin, Douglas H.; Poirier, Gerald R.; Yao, Nan; Simons, Frederik J. Possible animal-body fossils in pre-Marinoan limestones from South Australia. Nature Geoscience. 17 August 2010, 3 (9): 653–659 [2015-09-20]. 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PMID 30681148. doi:10.1111/nph.15708. （原始内容存档于2020-01-03）.  生物主题 动物主题 植物主题 世界纪录、世界之最列表 吉尼斯世界纪录 最大生物列表 速度最快的动物列表 最古老生物列表（英语：List of longest-living organisms）