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Petrified Forest

British  

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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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

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)