原生菌化石在结构和化学上与已灭绝和现存的真菌有很大的区别
Corentin C Loron1, Laura M Cooper2, Sean McMahon1,3
1UK Centre for Astrobiology, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3FD, UK.
Science advances
|January 21, 2026
概括
最初的巨型陆地生物 - - 原生菌 (prototaxites) 很可能不是真菌. 化学和结构分析表明,它与已知的真菌有所区别,这表明它是一个已经灭绝的血统.
科学领域:
- 古生物学的古生物学
- 早期德纪的生态系统
- 化石化有机体 化石化生物
背景情况:
- 一种早期德纪的巨型生物 - - 原生菌,有不确定的分类学分类.
- 165多年来,人们一直在争论它的亲缘关系:真菌还是灭绝的血统.
研究的目的:
- 为了调查Prototaxites的亲和力.
- 为了将其组织和分子组成与真菌进行对比.
主要方法:
- 对Prototaxites taiti化石进行化学分析.
- 与已知的真菌进行结构比较.
- 分析了4亿7千万年前的莱河石化石.
主要成果:
- 太极化石的原生菌在化学上与当代的真菌有所区别.
- 化石在结构上与所有已知的真菌截然不同.
- 这些发现挑战了Prototaxites的真菌假设.
结论:
- Prototaxites 不太可能是一个真菌.
- 表明原生属于一个完全灭绝的真核细胞系.
- 提供了对早期陆地生命形式的新见解.
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