Ecuador
Bosque petrificado de Puyango
The petrified forest of Puyango is 70 million years old. The main attractions are the petrified trees of the Araucarioxylon genus, which are up to 15m in length. There are also fossils of leaves corresponding to four genera of primitive plants resembling the present ferns and palms.
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- Full Name
- Bosque petrificado de Puyango (ID: 1081)
- Country
- Ecuador
- Status
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On tentative list 1998
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History of Bosque petrificado de Puyango
- 1998: Added to Tentative List
- Added to tentative list
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- UNESCO
- whc.unesco.org
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- whc.unesco.org — whc.unesco.org
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- Paleontology: Non-hominid fossils
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