Prototaxites, an extinct organism from the Devonian period, has been thought to be a fungus since its first fossil was ...

Researchers in the UK have now suggested in a report that is yet to be peer reviewed that there's a very good reason these ...

The Paleozoic era's Silurian period saw animals and plants finally emerge on land. But first there was a period of biological regrouping following the disastrous climax to the Ordovician.

Learn about the time period that took place 416 to 359 million ... a group that first appeared during the Silurian with powerful jaws lined with bladelike plates that acted as teeth.

Unearthed from stratum from the Silurian Period near Prague, the fossil is comprised of a furcate stem with a trumpet-shaped spore case at its end. Since it has no leaves, the species is believed ...