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Araucaria trees are a living fossil having lived in south
America for over 100 million years. The best known of the species today is the
Monley Puzzle tree (araucaria Araucana). The following fossil cones and branch
belong to araucaria mirabilis spp. And all come from the Cerro Cuadrado
petrified forest in Patagonia which was formed by a massive volcanic eruption
160 million years ago burying the trees under ash. This selection comes from a
collection made before the export of fossils from Argentina came into effect
early this Century and therefore provides a rare opportunity to acquire these
remarkable fossils.
Fossils
Natural History
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