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The Petrified Forests of Yellowstone Park

The most extensive fossil forests of their kind in the world, they contain much information about the climate and geologic history of the Rocky Mountain region some 55 million years ago

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Scientific American Magazine Vol 210 Issue 4This article was originally published with the title “The Petrified Forests of Yellowstone Park” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 210 No. 4 (), p. 106
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0464-106