Fossil pinecone
| Description: |
This cone, known as an Araucaria mirablis, comes from the Cerro Cuadrado Petrified Forest of Argentina, where it is believed volcanic eruptions over 60 million years ago covered an entire forest in ash, preserving this specimen. |
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| Source: |
http://www.digitalindy.org/cdm/ref/collection/tcm/id/1839 |
| Collection: |
The Children's Museum of Indianapolis |
| Rights: | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/; |
| Copyright: |
Creative Commons (CC By-SA 3.0); |
| Geography: |
Argentina |
| Subjects: |
Pine cones Fossils Plants, Fossil Fossils -- Argentina Petrified forests -- Argentina |
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