Petrified Tree in Yellowstone

This petrified tree in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, is testimony to a warmer, damper, more violent Yellowstone climate. During the Eocene, volcanic eruptions triggered landslides which buried the forests. Anatomically, it is indistinguishable fro

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Cenozoic Conifer Cupressaceae Eocene Epoch Fossil Fossilization Fossilized Paleontology Period Permineralization Petrification Petrified Pinales Prehistoric Quartz Redwood Replacement Silica Tertiary Wyoming Yellowstone

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