Talk:Thuchomyces

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Eukaryotic status not established

Well, this stubby article is implying a lot, seemingly far beyond the scientific consensus. It's based on just two sources, both primary, and neither actually establishes the species' status as a eukaryote. For example:

"The Ediacaran lichen hypothesis put forward by Gregory Retallack is largely rejected due to an inappropriate definition of lichens based on taphonomy and substrate ecology." and "the Lecanoromycetes, the oldest clade of lichen-forming fungi, originated 306 Ma in the Carboniferous." (Lücking & Nelsen 2018)

I wouldn't want to read too much into that, but if Retallack's claim that lichens (as they still exist) are directly related to Ediacaran fossils of a much younger age than Thuchomyces, then it a priori seems even more of a stretch that the older fossil can fairly be described as a lichen either. The most we can say is that the jury is still out, and without a systematic review article that broadly accepts that there were eukaryotes 2.8 gya, the safe position for Wikipedia is that it's very doubtful. All the best, Chiswick Chap (talk) 14:23, 10 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I’ve adjusted the taxobox and categories accordingly, and added a section about how it’s far too early to be a lichen. IC1101-Capinatator (talk) 14:29, 10 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. In that case it's also far too early to be a eukaryote. Chiswick Chap (talk) 14:31, 10 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Looking at the links in the taxonbar, the databases all seem to say it is a fungus, such as MycoBank. - UtherSRG (talk) 15:07, 10 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]