Prototaxites

Dizegno de un Prototaxites

Prototaxites el ze un zènaro de organismi fòsili descoverto intel 1859. Ghe xe atualmente diverse teorie so la so clasificasion, alcune i ritien grandi corpi frutiferi de funghi, altre struture sinbiòteghe formae da un fungo e na alga (come i licheni). La so datasiom la va dal perìodo Silurian al Devonian, tra i 420 e i 350 milioni de ani fa, perìodo in cui le prime piante le zera alte calche desina de sentimetri. I pì grandi ezemplari de Prototaxites ritrovai, simili a tronchi sensa rame, i mizura 8,80 metri de altesa pa 1,37 de diametro.[1]

Storia de le descoverte

Intel 2026 xe sta descoverto che la conpozision chìmega del Prototaxites fòsile intel Rhynie (Aberdeenshire, Scosia) el ze distinto da altri organizmi del stesso anbiente, incluzi i funghi, a cauza de na mancanza de chitina, un elemento struturale fondamentale pa i funghi).[2]

Altri projeti

Notasion

  1. ↑ wired.it, https://www.wired.it/article/organismi-giganti-vissuti-milioni-anni-fa-prototaxites-mistero/.
  2. ↑ scientificamerican.com, https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/mystery-prototaxites-tower-fossils-may-represent-a-newly-discovered-kind-of/.

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