Petrified Palm Roots From Last Chance Canyon, California
Petrified Wood From Last Chance Canyon
Red Rock Canyon State Park, Kern County, California
| Three pieces of petrified
palm root 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 left to right, the petrified
palm roots are36 mm, 39mm and 48mm, respectively, in actual length. |
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