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407-million-year-old: Fossil of 1st land-dwelling giant breaks the tree of life
Scientists then leaned towards it being a giant fungus, but the classification remained uncertain. A 2007 study even ...
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Giant, mysterious organisms discovered are impossible to categorize
Researchers reveal Prototaxites, a giant Devonian fossil, was not a fungus or plant but a unique extinct lineage.
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This giant life form resembles nothing else known 🌎
Prototaxites fossils continue to divide scientists. These 400-million-year-old structures may belong to a completely extinct ...
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Bizarre fossil may have been an entirely new type of life
Chemical analysis suggests the 400-million-year-old fossil Prototaxites was neither plant, animal or fungus – hinting at a ...
Giant, Ancient Life Form Doesn’t Fit Into Any Known Branch of Life
Scientists have debated where Prototaxites belong in the tree of life for over a century, but now a new study suggests it ...
Scientists baffled at mysterious ancient creature that doesn't fit on the tree of life as we know it
An ancient and enormous organism called Prototaxites, initially found to be a type of fungus, may actually be an unknown ...
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Scientists Puzzled by Giant Ancient Life Forms
Fossils of this bizarre organism, which lived some 400 million years ago, were initially thought to be the remains of rotted trees, complete with the fungi that assisted their decomposition inside ...
12 Biggest Creatures to Ever Roam the Earth
Our beloved planet has seen giants that dwarf most animals alive today. These massive creatures lived across different time ...
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2 types of sequoia trees have grown big in Michigan, where to see these ancient species
The fossil record indicates that its once ... RELATED: Arboretum on Lake Michigan bluff has 80 tree species, including giant sequoia, dawn redwood ...