There are currently six accepted kingdoms of life, such as plants, animals, and fungi and Prototaxites may have represented a seventh life form that's now extinct.
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Scientists May Have Just Discovered A New Life Form While Studying Fossils Of An Extinct, Fungus-Like Organism - All That's Interesting
A fossil analysis has revealed that Prototaxites, a prehistoric organism, was neither a plant nor a fungus and may have been a completely new life form.
By:Austin Harvey
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