Petrified Palm Roots From Last Chance Canyon, California
Petrified Wood From Last Chance Canyon
Red Rock Canyon State Park, Kern County, California
| Here are the reverse sides
of the three petrified palm roots seen in the previous image.
They are from the late Miocene Dove Spring Formation of
the Ricardo Group, collected in Last Chance Canyon long before
that area was assimilated by the expanded borders of Red Rock
Canyon State Park just a few years ago; today, Last Chance Canyon
lies within the boundaries of Red Rock Canyon State Park--fossil
collecting there is obviously forbidden, except by special permit
from the state park system, a permit issued solely to qualified,
trained scientists with a degree from an accredited university
whose research can be verified by independent investigators.
The species of palm from which the specimens came is called scientically,
Palmoxylodon mohavensis--from top to bottom, the petrified
palm roots are 75mm, 49mm and 70mm, respectively, in actual length. |
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