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Petrified Palm? Cladoxylopsida? What is this rock?

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Petrified Palm? Cladoxylopsida? What is this rock?

« on: 22/04/2018 17:21:39 »

Help me in identifying this rock. Found in Wyoming.

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Re: Petrified Palm? Cladoxylopsida? What is this rock?

« Reply #1 on: 22/04/2018 22:47:21 »

Quote from: rockgurl7 on 22/04/2018 17:21:39

Petrified Palm?

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Re: Petrified Palm? Cladoxylopsida? What is this rock?

« Reply #2 on: 22/04/2018 23:17:44 »

Well done @RD and @rockgurl7 on the diagnosis!

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Re: Petrified Palm? Cladoxylopsida? What is this rock?

« Reply #3 on: 23/04/2018 02:34:42 »

Quote from: chris on 22/04/2018 23:17:44

Well done @RD and @rockgurl7 on the diagnosis!

So you also think this is a petrified palm? Any idea of dates?

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Re: Petrified Palm? Cladoxylopsida? What is this rock?

« Reply #4 on: 23/04/2018 04:55:25 »

Looks like palmoxylon , which has been extinct for at least 10 million years

http://www.petrifiedwoodmuseum.org/OligoLouIntroduction.html

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Re: Petrified Palm? Cladoxylopsida? What is this rock?

« Reply #5 on: 23/04/2018 19:38:04 »

Quote from: rockgurl7 on 23/04/2018 02:34:42

Quote from: chris on 22/04/2018 23:17:44
Well done @RD and @rockgurl7 on the diagnosis!

So you also think this is a petrified palm? Any idea of dates?

I see what you did there...

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