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Oklahoma City Geological Society
Abstract
An Intact Thirty Four Foot Long Petrified Log in the Woodford Shale, Oklahoma: A Question of Preserving Geological Heritage
Abstract
This short note documents our recent find of an intact, large (at least 34ft/10m long and 3.5ft/1.5m wide) silicified Callixylon log in the Woodford Shale in an inactive quarry on the Lawrence Uplift in Pontotoc County, Oklahoma. In terms of length this trunk likely sets a global record for Devonian age petrified wood. Petrification has preserved exquisite features such as internal vascular tissue, bark, and differential compaction around the rafted log after it sank into a euxenic water bottom. We believe this fossil represents an important piece of Oklahoma’s geological heritage and ask the question “If and how it should be preserved?”
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