Tuesday, September 11, 2012

FOSSIL MUSEUM - SP0067: ARAUCARIAN CONE SLICE


FOSSIL NO:SP0067
AGE:165 million years
TERM:Jurassic
LOCATION:Jaramillo, Santa Cruz, Patagonia, Argentina



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OTHER INFORMATION:
This slice of a 165-million-year-old fossil Araucaria cone was obtained from the petrified forest in Jaramillo. Displaying the cone with its all details, this fossil is one of the examples that this species never evolved. The features of today"s cones were the same as those of cones of 165 million years ago.

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