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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/

Facts
Classification
Diet
Photosynthetic Autotroph 1
System (Realm)
Terrestrial 1
Scientific Name
Araucarioxylon arizonicum 2
Conservation Status
Extinct 1
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Pinopsida, Taxa
Source Wikidata: Araucarioxylon arizonicum

In Biome

Desert, Biomes
Source Wikidata: Araucarioxylon arizonicum
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Found In

United States

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Source Araucarioxylon arizonicum (Wikipedia)Lead
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The species is known from massive tree trunks that weather out of the Chinle Formation in desert badlands of northern Arizona and adjacent New Mexico, most notably in the 378.51 square kilometres (93,530 acres) Petrified Forest National Park.
Sources
1. Araucarioxylon arizonicum (Wikipedia)
  • Introduction
    Araucarioxylon arizonicum (alternatively Agathoxylon) is an extinct species of conifer that is the state fossil of Arizona. The species is known from massive tree trunks that weather out of the Chinle Formation in desert badlands of northern Arizona and adjacent New Mexico, most notably in the 378.51 square kilometres (93,530 acres) Petrified Forest National Park.
  • Introduction
    The species is known from massive tree trunks that weather out of the Chinle Formation in desert badlands of northern Arizona and adjacent New Mexico, most notably in the 378.51 square kilometres (93,530 acres) Petrified Forest National Park. There, these trunks are locally so abundant that they have been used as building materials.
  • lead sentence (diet), EntityId 368131
    Araucarioxylon arizonicum (alternatively Agathoxylon) is an extinct species of conifer that is the state fossil of Arizona.
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2. Wikipedia: Araucarioxylon arizonicum
WikipediaWikidata Q135480 (P225 taxon name)View the Source
Wikidata: Araucarioxylon arizonicum
  • Child Taxon Of: Pinopsida, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain
  • In Biome: Desert, Introduction
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