405 / Cenozoic
Aureofungus
Aureofungus yaniguaensis
A golden-brown cap retained three-dimensional gills in amber.
View original image · 1600 × 1067- Time range
- About 20–15 million years ago
- Final stage
- Miocene
- Geographic range
- Caribbean tropical forest · Dominican Republic
01 / DEFINITION & ECOLOGY
What was Aureofungus?
Aureofungus (Aureofungus yaniguaensis) was an extinct organism known from About 20–15 million years ago, with a range in Caribbean tropical forest · Dominican Republic.
Life and ecology
It likely decomposed twigs and leaves during humid intervals.
02 / DISAPPEARANCE
Why did Aureofungus disappear?
Long-term turnover among Caribbean fungi is possible context; a single amber specimen cannot show why the species disappeared.
03 / EVIDENCE
How do scientists know about Aureofungus?
Amber preserves the cap, gills and stem; apparent color may have changed during fossilization.
04 / SOURCES & FURTHER READING
Check the source record
Use the scientific name to compare taxonomy, occurrence records and the fossil record. Database coverage and classifications may differ.
05 / REVISION HISTORY
How has this record changed?
- Rewrote an extinction cause that presented environmental or faunal turnover as established; it is now given as context the record does not prove.
- Verified authoritative entity sources and added three responsive reconstruction sizes.
- Initial bilingual species record published.
06 / CORRECTIONS & ADDITIONS