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English: Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Fossil tree trunks pilyoxylon aldersoni in Fossil Forest on Specimen Ridge. Two fine specimens of fossil trees exposed on a steep hillside by the erosion of the basic breccia in which roots are firmly embedded. Nearby is a bold cliff, showing the character of the breccia and the manner in which it has been deposited. Circa 1890. Figure 2, U.S. Geological Survey Folio 30.
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Author J. P. Iddings

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