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The National Fossil Wood Park, Tiruvakkarai is a notified National Geo-heritage Monument located in the Villupuram District in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and is maintained by the Geological Survey of India. [1] The park was established in 1940 [2] and is located 1 km east of Thiruvakkarai [3] [4] village on the road between Tindivanam and ...
Akal Wood Fossil Park is a National Geological Monument of India located in Jaisalmer district, Rajasthan. [2] It is also a Biodiversity Heritage Site.. It is 21 hectares in extent and is located in Akal village, 17–18 km southeast of Jaisalmer city, and 1 km off the NH-68 Jaisalmer-Barmer road, on a stretch of about 10 km 2 of bare hillside. [3]
India – protected geological sites known for petrified wood are the National Fossil Wood Park, Tiruvakkarai (20-million-year-old fossils), and the Akal Wood Fossil Park (180-million-year-old fossils). Petrified wood has also been discovered in Dholavira in Kutch, Gujarat, dating back to 187–176 million years. [24]
National Fossil Wood Park, Sathanur [1] is a National Geo-heritage Monument of India [2] [3] [4] located at Sathanur in Perambalur district, Tamil Nadu.This park is located within Sathanur panchayat and has a fossilized tree trunk, which was discovered in 1940 by the geologist M. S. Krishnan of the Geological Survey of India, who hailed from Tanjore.
Amkhoi Fossil Park is a fossil park located near Illambazar in the Birbhum District of West Bengal, India. It contains fossilized wood 15 to 20 million years of age and is officially recognized by the State Forest Department of West Bengal. [1]
The trees in Petrified Forest once were wood but now are are completely crystallized and mostly made of quartz. Millions of years ago, the logs were buried by sediment and ash. Over thousands of ...
The Geological Survey of India (GSI) currently maintains two protected areas bearing rich fossil deposits. Shivalik Fossil Park, near Saketi, Himachal Pradesh is notable for its life-size models of the vertebrates that might have roamed the Sivalik Hills 1.5—2.5 million years ago.
Fossil Inside the National Fossil Wood Park Location in India Coordinates: 12°01′09″N 79°38′17″E / 12.01917°N 79.63806°E / 12.01917; 79