Prototaxites taiti’ was not a fungus but an extinct eukaryotic lineage, a study reveals, resolving a mystery that as ...

Backed by a National Science Foundation grant of more than $500,000, Pfeifer, the lead principal investigator, and a team of ...

The planet's trees have seen plenty of history pass by their trunks. In fact, they began to populate Earth 385 million years ...

Researchers studying exquisitely preserved Scottish fossils say Prototaxites represents an entirely extinct eukaryotic lineage - a “new form of life” in the sense that it does not fit into known major ...

Prototaxites fossils unearthed in Scotland that will be exhibited in the National Museums Scotland is believed to belong to gigantic organisms ...

Prototaxites taiti’ was not a fungus but an extinct eukaryotic lineage, a study reveals, resolving a mystery that as perplexed experts for centuries.

Over 150 years ago, a fossilized organism known as Prototaxites emerged as an enigma regarding what early land life may have been like. As an organism that appeared to grow up through Earth’s crust in ...

Twelve non-dinosaur rulers show Earth’s old power: armored fish, giant insects, sky titans, sea kings, and saber teeth across ...

An ancient shark older than forests still glides through deep oceans today. Its strange teeth, slow life cycle, and dinosaur-era origins reveal how early seas shaped survival across mass extinctions.

A 370 million-year-old fossil found in Scotland is an entirely new form of life which towered 26ft tall, scientists have confirmed.

Protaxites: The discovery that could change the understanding of life - Scientists have potentially discovered a new ...