400 / Paleozoic
Paleopyrenomycites
Paleopyrenomycites devonicus
Tiny flask-shaped fruiting bodies inside plant tissue are among the oldest ascomycete evidence.
View original image · 1600 × 1067- Time range
- About 407 million years ago
- Final stage
- Early Devonian
- Geographic range
- Hot-spring wetland plant tissue · Scotland
01 / DEFINITION & ECOLOGY
What was Paleopyrenomycites?
Paleopyrenomycites (Paleopyrenomycites devonicus) was an extinct organism known from About 407 million years ago, with a range in Hot-spring wetland plant tissue · Scotland.
Life and ecology
Hyphae entered early land plants and formed perithecia containing spores.
02 / DISAPPEARANCE
Why did Paleopyrenomycites disappear?
The end of the Rhynie ecosystem and its host plants is possible context; why this form species disappears is not established.
03 / EVIDENCE
How do scientists know about Paleopyrenomycites?
Cellular chert preserves hyphae, cavities and spores; parasitic versus saprotrophic ecology remains uncertain.
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