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A petrified forest is a forest in which tree trunks have fossilized as petrified wood. Pages in category "Petrified forests" The following 24 pages are in this category, out of 24 total.
Petrified Forest [36] A large saurischian alternatively considered a herrerasaurid or a theropod related to Tawa hallae. Coelophysis [36] C. bauri. New Mexico [37] "Siltstone" [37] C. sp. [38] Arizona [38] Petrified Forest [38] Originally assigned to C. bauri, but likely a different taxon. [38] C. longicollis [36] New Mexico [36] Petrified ...
Petrified Forest National Park is a national park of the United States in Navajo and Apache counties in northeastern Arizona. Named for its large deposits of petrified wood , the park covers about 346 square miles (900 square kilometers), encompassing semi-desert shrub steppe as well as highly eroded and colorful badlands .
This is likely the animal that made the nests discovered there in 1996. At least some aetosaurs built nests and protected their eggs. [62] In 1996, geologist Stephen Hasiotis discovered 220‑million-year-old, fossilized, bowl-like pits in Arizona's Petrified Forest, in part of the Chinle Formation, assumed to be aetosaur and phytosaur nests.
Petrified Forest National Park may not ring a bell, even though more than half a million people visited last year, according to National Park Service data. “People come to Petrified Forest ...
The type locality for A. bistrata and A. sp. is the Chemnitz petrified forest. From April 4, 2008, to Fall 2011, an excavation in Hilbersdorf was held to find and research more trunks. Their researchers discovered, amongst others, Arthropitys bistriata. Many more plants and animals from this excavation are still being used for ongoing research. [3]
All that petrified wood, for one thing. Plus dino fossils, petroglyphs and amazing scenery. Best things to see and do at Petrified Forest and Painted Desert: A complete guide
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.