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In 2016 while digging a pond the villagers of Amkhoi village, near Ilambazar, found some large bone-like structures. Later it was established that the bone-like structures were actually wood fossils. Fossilized or petrified wood is often considered as semi-precious ‘stones’ and often used in jewellery — fetching a good market value. [2]
Oklahoma was a terrestrial environment for most of the ensuing Mesozoic era. [3] The Late Triassic Dockum Group of western Oklahoma preserved remains of archosaurs and temnospondyls, although its fossil record is restricted to a narrow region of the panhandle and is far sparser than the equivalent records in Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona. [98]
English: This piece of petrified wood was found near Monarch Boulevard in southeastern Highlands Ranch and is an example of petrified wood as found in the northern portions of the Cherokee Ranch petrified forest. The piece is picture in situ. Many other wood fossils in this area can be found protruding from the ground and sometimes laying atop it.
A piece of petrified wood in situ, Highlands Ranch, Colorado. The Denver Basin contains relatively few late Paleocene-age strata–with many dating to older periods–but laser ablation sampling in 2015 compared with a core sample from Castle Pines 2.5 kilometres (1.6 mi) away has been interpreted as indicating this more recent date.
Petrified wood has also been discovered in Dholavira in Kutch, Gujarat, dating back to 187–176 million years. [24] Japan – there is a fossilized forest preserved at Sendai City Tomizawa Site Museum; Indonesia – petrified wood covers several areas in Banten and also in some part of Mount Halimun Salak National Park.
Some of the local Cretaceous trees were preserved as petrified wood. [6] One petrified log from the Cretaceous period preserved in a small Cumberland County creek weighs hundreds to thousands of pounds. [1] The log is still partially concealed by rock but several feet of the two diameter log juts out across the creek. [14]
Fossil wood may or may not be petrified, in which case it is known as petrified wood or petrified tree. The study of fossil wood is sometimes called palaeoxylology, with a "palaeoxylologist" somebody who studies fossil wood. The fossil wood may be the only part of the plant that has been preserved, with the rest of the plant completely unknown ...
Big Summit Prairie near the center of the Ochocos is well known for its spring wild flower displays. [6] Ponderosa pine forest in the Deep Springs area. Ponderosa pine is the dominant tree species in most parts of the Ochoco Mountains. These pines are common at elevations from 3,000 to 6,000 feet (910 to 1,830 m) above sea level.