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Specimen #: W.00.01.00
Collection: Plantae > Petrified Wood
Status: stored
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Description
Petrified Wood, Stump Element
Measurements (5.9 x 3.7 x 12.0 cm)
Measurements are rough and only used with a ruler not calipers. Measurements were taken with the specimen in a horizontal position.
Details
| Common Name: | Petrified Wood |
| Phylum: | Pinophyta |
| Class: | Pinopsida |
| Order: | Pinales |
| Family: | Cupressaceae |
| Genus: | Taxodium |
| Species: | distichum |
| Geo Period: | Assume Cretaceous |
| Epoch: | Assume Campanian |
| Formation: | Assume Pierre Shale |
| Member: | Assume Pembina |
| Current Location: | Manitoba Escarpment |
| Credit: | Dr. Elizabeth L. Nicholls, Henry Isaak, Don Bell, Dave Simpson, Anita-Maria Janzic |
Current Condition
Moderately well preserved. Not fractured. Good condition.