Learn about Prototaxites, a bizarre group of prehistoric organisms that fall within an unknown lineage of extinct life.

Over 150 years ago, a fossilized organism known as Prototaxites emerged as an enigma regarding what early land life may have ...

Long before forests of tall trees covered the planet, Earth was ruled by something stranger: towering, trunk like organisms ...

Prototaxites are something of a prehistoric mystery. They were the first giant organisms on land, towering over ancient ...