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Prototaxites, Earth’s First Dry-Land Giants From 443-359 Myrs Ago, Stood 26 ft Tall. Once Thought To Be Fungi, Research Now Shows They’re Unrelated To Any Known Life, With Tube Structures, Lignin Traits, And Heterotrophic Behavior. Found In Scotland‘s Rhynie Chert (1843), They Hint At An Extinct Eukaryote Lineage, Perhaps A New Kingdom.

https://interestingengineering.com/science/giant-ancient-organism-breaks-the-tree-of-life

Scientists from the UK recently conducted a detailed re-examination of a fossilized Prototaxites species found in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.