Learn about Prototaxites, a bizarre group of prehistoric organisms that fall within an unknown lineage of extinct life.

Scientists in Scotland uncover a new form of life from 410 million years ago, challenging long-held beliefs about early Earth organisms.

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The Illinois Tick-Trefoil had not been seen in Canada in over 40 years — now, it has made an unexpected return.

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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 ...

One of the scientists behind a new breakthrough paper on the organisms said they "are life, but not as we now know it".

Prototaxites are something of a prehistoric mystery. They were the first giant organisms on land, towering over ancient ...

An ancient and enormous organism called Prototaxites, initially found to be a type of fungus, may actually be an unknown ...

The prototaxites fossil, which is about 410 million years old, was found near the village of Rhynie in Aberdeenshire.

A 410 million year-old fossil from Aberdeenshire which scientists have identified as being a ‘new’ form of life, distinct from ...