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Petrified Forest National Park

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noun

  1. a national park in E Arizona: buried tree trunks turned to stone by the action of mineral-laden water. 147 sq. mi. (381 sq. km).


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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

A new species of fossilized caecilian, a worm-like amphibian, has been found in Arizona’s Petrified Forest National Park.

From Washington Times Jan. 26, 2023

The result is petrified wood, the finest examples of which can be found in our Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona.

From Let's Collect Rocks and Shells by Shell Union Oil Corporation

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