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Petrified Tree or Araucarioxylon arizonicum <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/151188/petrified_tree_or_araucarioxylon_arizonicum.html" title="Petrified Tree or Araucarioxylon arizonicum"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/5803/151188_thumb.JPG?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=lF%2BcQqQkw5LN0Hxv%2BaTZ9MkRG0Y%3D" width="102" height="152" alt="Petrified Tree or Araucarioxylon arizonicum Petrified tree in the Arizona Petrified Forest National Park<br />
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There are miles of large petrified tree logs. Colors range the spectrum of the rainbow and caused by the mineral most prominent. <br />
Black=carbon<br />
Green/blue=copper, cobalt or chromium<br />
Yellow=manganese oxides<br />
Purple=manganese<br />
Brown and red=iron oxides Araucarioxylon arizonicum,Geotagged,Minerals,Summer,United States,petrified wood" /></a></figure> Araucarioxylon arizonicum,Geotagged,Summer,United States,petrified wood Click/tap to enlarge Promoted

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  1. I'm not 100% sure, but this might be the first photo of an extinct species on the platform! Posted 2 years ago
    1. That would be awesome! Thanks Posted 2 years ago

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"Araucarioxylon arizonicum" is an extinct species of conifer that is the state fossil of Arizona. The species is known from massive tree trunks that weather out of the Chinle Formation in desert badlands of northern Arizona and adjacent New Mexico, most notably in the 378.51 square kilometres Petrified Forest National Park. There, these trunks are locally so abundant that they have been used as building materials.

Similar species: Araucariales
Species identified by William Bodine
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By William Bodine

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Uploaded Jul 11, 2023. Captured Jun 28, 2023 12:02 in 2636+FC Adamana, AZ, USA.
  • Canon EOS 70D
  • f/20.0
  • 1/64s
  • ISO100
  • 184mm