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
Either way, be sure to pass through the Ginkgo Petrified Forest State Park right off I-90 to see the fossilized remains of the ginkgo tree in its natural habitat.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 13, 2022
Another striking feature of our National Park is its Petrified Forest, where, scattered over a large area, are solitary columns, which once were trunks of trees, but now are solid shafts of agate.
From John L. Stoddard's Lectures, Vol. 10 (of 10) Southern California; Grand Canon of the Colorado River; Yellowstone National Park by Stoddard, John L. (John Lawson)
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