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Petrified Forest

noun

  1. a national park in E Arizona, containing petrified coniferous trees about 170 000 000 years old

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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The site of this discovery is a fossil bed in a desert landscape of ancient rock in the Petrified Forest National Park.

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“Bogart: Life Comes in Flashes” emphasizes how the iconic star cemented his screen image by playing a heavy in “The Petrified Forest” in 1936.

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Bill Parker, an aetosaur expert and park paleontologist at Petrified Forest National Park who was not part of the research, said that university and museum collections are a critical part of making this type of research possible.

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Stops en route: Summit at Snoqualmie for snow play or a quick summer hike, Ellensburg for brunch or play at one of 20 parks and the Ginkgo Petrified Forest State Park for Gorge-and-river views that will even wow rarely-impressed teens.

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"We had to fit in a petrified forest and a metal city for the Daleks," she says, adding: "It looks like cardboard boxes covered in sheets."

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