Indonesian Petrified Wood Age

New species of fossil.

Indonesian petrified wood age.

Indonesian petrified wood is from ancient teak hardwood trees. Petrified wood has also been discovered in dholavira in kutch gujarat dating back to 187 176 million years. Petrified fern log slices from brazil originating from the tietea singularis fern that flourished in the permian age 180 205 million years ago. Very little study of these ancient forests has been done.

Petrified woods across indonesia have been forming for many million years and can be found in many rock formations from the far west in sumatra to the far east in timor and irian jaya. The result makes each and every piece of petrified wood unique and one of a kind. Indonesia petrified wood covers several area in banten and also in some part of mount halimun salak national park. Petrified trees from madagascar petrified trees from indonesia at the end of the tertiary era pliocene a dense tropical forest made up of dipterocarpus of the magnolia family and of palm trees covers the indonesian volcanic chain from sumatra in bali to the west of java.

By dating the age of other known organisms fossilised within the same layer. In order to accurately date petrified wood using this method one must have a good knowledge of the geology of the area in which the fossils are found. Karya bersama a local private company located in bogor west java indonesia. Israel several examples of petrified wood occur in the hamakhtesh hagadol in the negev desert.