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Specimen #: W.00.03.00
Collection: Plantae > Petrified Wood, Bald Cypress
Status: stored
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Description
Petrified Wood. Stump Element.
Measurements (10.5 x 4.8 x 24.8 cm)
Measurements are rough and done with a ruler not a set of calipers. Measurements were taken with the specimen in the horizontal position.
Details
| Common Name: | Petrified Wood, Bald Cypress |
| 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: | Anita-Maria Janzic |
Current Condition
Well preserved for this area. Details can be seen of the tree rings. It is crumbly due to its composition of sand/silt.