408 / Mesozoic
Palaeoclavaria
Palaeoclavaria burmitis
Simple club-shaped fruiting bodies show non-gilled fungi in Cretaceous forests.
View original image · 1600 × 1067- Time range
- About 99 million years ago
- Final stage
- Middle Cretaceous
- Geographic range
- Humid decaying wood · Myanmar
01 / DEFINITION & ECOLOGY
What was Palaeoclavaria?
Palaeoclavaria (Palaeoclavaria burmitis) was an extinct organism known from About 99 million years ago, with a range in Humid decaying wood · Myanmar.
Life and ecology
Clusters grew from rotten wood or litter and released spores from their surfaces.
02 / DISAPPEARANCE
Why did Palaeoclavaria disappear?
Forest and basidiomycete turnover is possible context; a single amber specimen cannot show why the species disappeared.
03 / EVIDENCE
How do scientists know about Palaeoclavaria?
Amber preserves clustered clubs and surface texture, with limited internal spores.
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