Petrified wood refers to a fossil formed when the organic ... a dense forest loaded with conifers and about a dozen other ...

Scientists have identified several hundred species of fossil plants and animals ... the major concentrations of the famous colorful petrified wood; in the north rise the colorful banded badlands ...

Although museum staff haven’t seen them in person yet, they were able to confirm that two of the fossils — petrified wood — are likely ... says it’s tricky to identify exactly where ...