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Petrified Wood
Canadian Fossil Discovery Centre2022
Canadian Fossil Discovery Centre
Morden, Canada
This is a section of petrified bald cypress. Although this tree only grows in subtropical regions, it likely made its way to southern Manitoba as driftwood from the western shore of the Western Interior Seaway during the Late Cretaceous period.
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Details
- Title: Petrified Wood
- Creator: Canadian Fossil Discovery Centre
- Date Created: 2022
- Location: Canada/Manitoba/Manitoba Escarpment/Lumgair South, 7
- Physical Dimensions: 88cm
- External Link: Safe at Home MB Interactive Collections Management System
- Taxonomy: Plantae/Pinophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Cupressaceae/Taxodium distichum
- Geology: Pierre Shale/Pembina Member
- Geologic Period: Late Cretaceous (80-83 mya)
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