Post by π ππ°π±π¦ππ« π ππ©π±π₯ππ·ππ― π π²π΅ on May 17, 2018 15:39:38 GMT
Prototaxites were imposing, one-metre-thick, 8-metre-tall fungus/lichen dildos that dominated the Earthβs landscape before trees had fully evolved and before vertebrates had even left the oceans.
Existing for about 70 million years until the end of the Devonian era, it was the tallest land-dwelling organism of its time.
They went extinct well over a hundred million years before the first dinosaurs showed up. Insects would bore into them, perhaps part of the reason why they didnβt survive.
They were superseded by trees, which flourished in the following era, the Carboniferous. Interestingly, trees featured something Prototaxites didn't: bark.
Existing for about 70 million years until the end of the Devonian era, it was the tallest land-dwelling organism of its time.
They went extinct well over a hundred million years before the first dinosaurs showed up. Insects would bore into them, perhaps part of the reason why they didnβt survive.
They were superseded by trees, which flourished in the following era, the Carboniferous. Interestingly, trees featured something Prototaxites didn't: bark.
