Prototaxides created long structures such as tree trunks shown in this picture of a landscape from the Silrya period.
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A strange ancient organism, which was thought to be a giant mushroom, may actually belong to an undiscovered branch of a mysteriously extinct life tree.
Prototaxides, It was the first giant terrestrial life form of 420 million to 375 million years ago. 8 meters tall and up to 1 meter width of trunk -like structures.
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