army1987 comments on The Octopus, the Dolphin and Us: a Great Filter tale - Less Wrong
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That would be a late Filter (between intelligence and intergalactic supercivilization).
I think calling it a "filter" implicitly primes people for the impression that the options are supergalactic civilization or death, and to exclude possibilities where things keep going but don't become astronomically visible.