He called the organism Prototaxites, meaning “first conifer.” The name stuck, even though the fossil didn’t quite match any ...

The Paleozoic era's Silurian period saw animals and plants finally emerge on land. But first there was a period of biological regrouping following the disastrous climax to the Ordovician.

But trees didn’t yet exist during the Silurian period, so what exactly was this thing taking over ... It was apparently not a plant, animal, or fungus. “Having found no support for the most widely ...

“It is a good example that shows the plant’s simple structure with no roots or leaves.” Unearthed from stratum from the Silurian Period near Prague, the fossil is comprised of a furcate stem ...

But trees didn’t yet exist during the Silurian period, so what exactly was this thing taking over the ancient supercontinent of Gondwana? That argument was never truly settled. Most scientists ...