ConnexionFossil reveals secrets of entirely different form of life no longer found on Earth
Prototaxites belonged to an ‘entirely extinct evolutionary branch of life‘
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Fossil of dead-end branch of life which became extinct to go on display
The prototaxites fossil, which is about 410 million years old, was found near the village of Rhynie in Aberdeenshire.
