Black Forest Bed
region, Arizona, United States
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Painted Desert
- In Painted Desert
Notable there is the Black Forest Bed, one of four remarkable areas of petrified trees of Triassic age (i.e., dating from about 252 million to 201 million years ago). The rocks in that formation are some 213 million years old. Navajo and Hopi reservations occupy a large part of…
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Petrified Forest National Park
- In Petrified Forest National Park
Of note is the Black Forest Bed in the park’s northern portion. Other sections of the park (Blue Mesa and Jasper, Crystal, and Rainbow forests) are filled mostly with fossilized leaves, plants, and broken logs. Some animal fossils also have been found, including those of dinosaurs and phytosaurs that…
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