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  2. Petrified wood - Wikipedia

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    The remains of insects can be detected in an enlarged image. Petrified log at the Petrified Forest National Park. Petrified wood (from Ancient Greek πέτρα meaning 'rock' or 'stone'; literally 'wood turned into stone'), is the name given to a special type of fossilized wood, the fossilized remains of terrestrial vegetation.

  3. Petrifaction - Wikipedia

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    Tree remains that have undergone petrifaction, as seen in Petrified Forest National Park. In geology, petrification (from Ancient Greek πέτρα (pétra) 'rock, stone') is the process by which organic material becomes a fossil through the replacement of the original material and the filling of the original pore spaces with minerals.

  4. A huge deposit of marine fossils found under San Pedro High ...

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    San Pedro High School discovered a deposit of marine fossils on campus in 2022 and began collaborating with local paleontologists to uncover secrets from the Palos Verdes Peninsula's geological past.

  5. Marine sediment - Wikipedia

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    Marine sediment, or ocean sediment, or seafloor sediment, are deposits of insoluble particles that have accumulated on the seafloor.These particles either have their origins in soil and rocks and have been transported from the land to the sea, mainly by rivers but also by dust carried by wind and by the flow of glaciers into the sea, or they are biogenic deposits from marine organisms or from ...

  6. Waukesha Biota - Wikipedia

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    Some fossils represent members of the family Aphroditidae, and others have bodies covered in spines. To be determined Palaeoscolecida: To be determined Specimens of vermiform nature from the site have been found and interpreted as members of the palaeoscolecida grouping (which were extinct ecdysozoan worms resembling armoured priapulids). These ...

  7. Tapeats Sandstone - Wikipedia

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    Except where underlain by the Sixtymile Formation, the Tapeats Sandstone is the Cambrian geologic formation that is the basal geologic unit of the Tonto Group.Typically, it is also the basal geologic formation of the Phanerozoic strata exposed in the Grand Canyon, Arizona, and parts of northern Arizona, central Arizona, southeast California, southern Nevada, and southeast Utah.

  8. 9-million-year-old marine fossils found beneath California ...

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    Millions of prehistoric marine fossils were discovered beneath a California high school over the course of a multi-year construction project. The relics recovered at San Pedro High School included ...

  9. Fossil echinoids - Wikipedia

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    Humans have long had a propensity for collecting fossil echinoids, and these fossils are often found at archaeological sites. The fossils played a part in both Celtic and Norse mythology, were venerated, associated with burials, woven into myths and legends and used when making tools and decorative objects. [6] These fossils are commonly known ...