Discovered over 160 years ago, Prototaxites fossils continue to divide scientists. These 400-million-year-old structures may belong to a completely extinct branch of life. Prototaxites in an Early ...

It didn’t decompose like a mushroom. And it certainly didn’t walk, swim, or crawl. But it grew. It fed. It thrived for tens of millions of years. Then it vanished. Why Prototaxites disappeared ...

For over 165 years, scientists have puzzled over a strange fossil called Prototaxites. Even its appearance was unusual. It stood up to 8 meters tall, and resembled a towering tree with no leaves.

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Some reached heights of 26 feet, with trunks nearly 3 feet wide. These towering life-forms, known as Prototaxites, appeared around 430 million years ago during the Silurian period, dominating a ...

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In a new, yet-to-be-peer-reviewed paper, scientists from the University of Edinburgh in Scotland argue that the massive and mysterious tubelike fossils known as "prototaxites" deserve their own ...

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In a new, yet-to-be-peer-reviewed paper, scientists from the University of Edinburgh in Scotland argue that the massive and mysterious tubelike fossils known as "prototaxites" deserve their own life ...

A painting of what Prototaxites may have looked like, 400 million years ago. | Credit: Painting by Mary Parrish, National Museum of Natural History. Scientists have discovered that a bizarre ...