Prototaxites, an extinct organism from the Devonian period, has been thought to be a fungus since its first fossil was ...
He called the organism Prototaxites, meaning “first conifer.” The name stuck, even though the fossil didn’t quite match any ...
A new species of fossil from 444 million years ago that has perfectly preserved insides has been affectionately named "Sue" ...
Fossils of 444 million-year-old creatures whose bodies were preserved "inside-out" have been discovered in South Africa.
University of California, RiversideMany experts didn’t think such tiny prehistoric fossils would ever be found. Fortunately, ...
An ancient and enormous organism called Prototaxites, initially found to be a type of fungus, may actually be an unknown ...
A new species of fossil is 444 million years-old with soft insides perfectly preserved. Research 'ultramarathon' saw palaeontologist puzzled by bizarre fossil for 25 years.
"The art of tracking may well be the origin of science." This is the departure point for a 2013 book by Louis Liebenberg, ...
Chemical analysis suggests the 400-million-year-old fossil Prototaxites was neither plant, animal or fungus – hinting at a ...
An analysis of a 30,000-year-old fossil vulture from Central Italy has revealed for the first time that volcanic rock can ...
Kobayashi and his colleagues christened the new therizinosaur, Duonychus tsogtbaatari. The genus name means “double claw”, ...
NOVA: When Whales Could Walk Wednesday, April 2 at 9:00 pm In Egypt’s Sahara Desert, massive skeletons with strange skulls ...