Petrified Forest
Britishnoun
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Professor Sidor was part of the excavation team that uncovered 950 fossils of Sonselasuchus in 2014 at Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona.
From Science Daily • Apr. 23, 2026
The site of this discovery is a fossil bed in a desert landscape of ancient rock in the Petrified Forest National Park.
From BBC • Jul. 7, 2025
Our three-hour drive through New Mexico was simultaneously brief and exhausting, so by the time we got to Petrified Forest National Park we were feeling a bit restless.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 28, 2023
In the Triassic, the area of Petrified Forest National Park where the bones were found was a pond or lake within a hot, humid forest, ideal conditions for preserving Funcusvermis remains.
From Washington Times • Jan. 26, 2023
The Painted Desert, the Petrified Forest, the National Old Trails they explore,—but not the high, wind-swept mesas of Nevada's barren land.
From Casey Ryan by Bower, B. M.
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