Petrified Forest
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The Painted Desert portion of Petrified Forest National Park includes broad vistas and richly varied mineral colors.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2026
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
Driving and living in a recreational vehicle, they visited White Sands and Petrified Forest National Parks in New Mexico and Arizona before heading to California, Oregon and Washington.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 21, 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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