Charring Auh
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Chicago
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#acanthodian #devonian 417 354 million years ago scotland #diplacanthus
Charring Auh
5m
路
Chicago
路
#acanthodian #devonian 417 354 million years ago scotland #diplacanthus
Let's go back to the best fossils and really look and think about what we are seeing and what it could mean with this organism.
Scientists may have discovered a new extinct form of life https://phys.org/news/2026-01-scientists-extinct-life.html
Prototaxites fossils are structurally and chemically distinct from extinct and extant Fungi https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aec6277
"#Prototaxites was the 1st giant organism on the terrestrial surface, represented by #fossils of up to 8m from the #Devonian... fossils of P. taiti were chemically distinct from contemporaneous #Fungi, structurally distinct from all known Fungi. This casts doubt upon its fungal affinity"