TIL Prototaxites were giant organisms that came before trees. They don't fit into any classification of plants, fungi, animals, or protists. They first appeared about 420 million years ago, and they went extinct about 350 million years ago. They never evolved into anything else.

https://www.vice.com/en/article/everything-we-know-about-prototaxites-the-giant-organism-that-came-before-trees/
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