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Araucarioxylon arizonicum

Conifers and Other Gymnosperms

Araucarioxylon arizonicum is an extinct species of conifer that is the state fossil of Arizona. It is known from massive tree trunks that weather out of the Chinle Formation in the desert badlands of northern Arizona and adjacent New Mexico, most notably within Petrified Forest National Park, where the trunks are locally so abundant that they have historically been used as building material. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Classification
System (Realm)
Terrestrial 1
Conservation Status
Extinct 1
Sources
1. Araucarioxylon arizonicum (Wikipedia)
  • Conservation status (IUCN Red List category stated in entity description)
    Araucarioxylon arizonicum is an extinct species of conifer that is the state fossil of Arizona. It is known from massive tree trunks that weather out of the Chinle For
  • System/realm (stated plainly in the entity own recorded description)
    It is known from massive tree trunks that weather out of the Chinle Formation in the desert badlands of northern Arizona and adjacent New Mexico, most notably within Petrified Forest National Park, where the trunks are locally so abundant that they have historically been used as building material.
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Wikipedia: Araucarioxylon arizonicum
Wikidata Q135480 (P225 taxon name)
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