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Petrified Wood - Tempskya Fern from Greenhorn, Oregon

Petrified Wood - Tempskya Fern from Greenhorn, Oregon - Geospecimen
Accession #: NN2017.22
Title: Petrified Wood - Tempskya Fern from Greenhorn, Oregon
Object Type: Geospecimen
Participants:
Physical Description: Thin slice of petrified wood. The object is a brown colored
Description: Do you recognize any of these petrified wood species? An ancient petrified forest, discovered near Vantage, Washington in the early 1930s, showed evidence of a long-ago lush, wet climate. Some species that flourished during that Miocene period are now extinct - but not all.
Category: History
Geographical Reference: Oregon (National)
Dimensions:
Object H x W 2.5 x 2.25"
Credit Line: Found in Museum Collection, 2017

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