lookatthat
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Post by lookatthat on Mar 13, 2019 18:34:18 GMT -5
I notice with the original post that the trees are all laying down, like they were deposited there in a flood.
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jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Mar 14, 2019 5:52:29 GMT -5
Very interesting! Can he collect a sample for carbon 14 dating? I suspect these trees dated to one of the interglacial periods -- warmer periods during or between ice ages, and are probably several thousand to 30 thousand years old. Just a guess, I haven't got my books. I agree with Kai, they look like conifers or some sort -- something with a lot of resin. Cedar, spruce, pine. Thanks to everyone for the replies. I am hoping to spend some time camping on the land with his family this summer, and I will definitely be asking to take me to the petrified (or not) wood. He's also under the impression he's found a sabretooth tooth and a dinosaur toe. Couple pics of the toe below. These look like mineralized ice age mammal bones bc. In Florida they are common. Almost always black in color. Replaced by the mineral apatite.
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