Researchers reveal Prototaxites, a giant Devonian fossil, was not a fungus or plant but a unique extinct lineage.

A newly described plesiosaur fossil from southern Germany is providing crucial evidence about the diversification of these ...

Scientists then leaned towards it being a giant fungus, but the classification remained uncertain. A 2007 study even ...

Scientists have debated where Prototaxites belong in the tree of life for over a century, but now a new study suggests it ...