Fossil dating back 410 million years joins museum collection.
A 410-million-year-old fossil of a giant prehistoric organism which once loomed over north-east Scotland has been added to the collections of National Museums Scotland (NMS).
The example of Prototaxites was discovered in a sedimentary deposit near the village of Rhynie in Aberdeenshire.
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