Patagonian Petrified Fossil Wood

4.2"/11cm

Weight
200g

One Specimen at Different View Points

Description

Patagonian Petrified Fossil Wood, from the Petrified Forest Formation.

Well preserved branch specimen, retaining great detail and colour. The Fossilized Bark shows distinct surface detail; with a fine chalky appearance, giving this specimen a truly ancient feeling

Information

Patagonia is considered to be one of the World's best petrified/fossil wood-trees reserves, the Petrified Forests, National Monument in Chubut Province in the Argentine Patagonia has many trees that measure more than 3m [10ft], diameter and 30m [100ft], in length

Genus

Araucaria Mirabilis sp.

Other Nomenclature

Fossil Wood/tree, Araucaria tree, Monkey Puzzle tree

Location

Cerro Cuadrado, Patagonian, Argentina

Geological Age

Mesozoic Era, Middle Jurassic Period, around 135 to 180 million years ago.