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The Jaramillo Petrified Forest National Park is a protected area of petrified forest located in the Deseado Department, in the northeast of Santa Cruz Province, Argentina. Formerly part of the site was a natural monument, established in 1954 and known as the Petrified Forest Natural Monument , covering about 13,700 hectares (34,000 acres).
Argentina – the Sarmiento Petrified Forest and Jaramillo Petrified Forest in Santa Cruz Province in the Argentine Patagonia have many trees that measure more than 3 m (9.8 ft) in diameter and 30 m (98 ft) long. [38] Brazil: in the geopark of Paleorrota, there is a vast area with petrified trees. [39] In the Heritage forest
The Petrified Forest, 30 km (19 mi) south of Sarmiento, Argentina, is a provincial natural monument. It a forest from the Cenozoic era, the petrified wood is of primitive conifers and palm trees. [ 1 ]
Araucaria mirabilis is an extinct species of coniferous tree from Patagonia, Argentina.It belongs to the genus Araucaria.. A. mirabilis are known from large amounts of very well preserved silicified wood and cones from the Cerro Cuadrado Petrified Forest, including tree trunks that reached 100 m (330 ft) in height in life.
Araucarites sanctaecrucis is an extinct coniferous tree from Patagonia, Argentina. Its exact affinities are unknown and it is currently assigned to the form genus Araucarites of the family Araucariaceae. A. sanctaecrucis are known from petrified fossils of branches, foliage, and cones from the Cerro Cuadrado Petrified Forest.
Trees of western South America (4 C, 8 P) A. Trees of the Amazon rainforest (54 P) B. Trees of Brazil (2 C, 287 P) C. Trees of the Caribbean (13 C, 72 P)
Araucaria araucana, commonly called the monkey puzzle tree, monkey tail tree, piñonero, pewen or Argentinian pine, is an evergreen tree growing to a trunk diameter of 1–1.5 m (3.3–4.9 ft) and a height of 30–40 m (98–131 ft). It is native to central and southern Chile and western Argentina. [3]
Tree remains that have undergone petrifaction, as seen in Petrified Forest National Park. In geology, petrifaction or petrification (from Ancient Greek πέτρα (pétra) 'rock, stone') is the process by which organic material becomes a fossil through the replacement of the original material and the filling of the original pore spaces with minerals.